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Lance Corporal W J McKEN

Service Number: 908040
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 June 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEEHIVE CEMETERY, WILLERVAL

B. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Ellen Dugan McKen, of Orcadia, Saskatchewan.
  • Personal Inscription LET HIM SLEEP TILL THE CALL OF THE ROLL ON HIGH
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Buried or commemorated at

BEEHIVE CEMETERY, WILLERVAL
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 48
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