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Corporal ERNEST HOWARD PARSONS

Service Number: McG/71
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Date of Death

Died Between 02 June 1916 and 04 June 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY

VII. F. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Robert William and Catherine Emily Parsons, of 9529, 103rd Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Educated at Alberta University. Captain of the Champion University Rugby team.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON BELOVED SLEEP AND TAKE THY REST
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Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1238
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