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Lance Corporal WILLIAM HARLAND BALCOM

Service Number: 282892
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Railway Troops

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1918

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY EXTENSION, FREVENT

C. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of D. Morse Balcom and Hattie A. Balcom, of Lawrencetown, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY EXTENSION, FREVENT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 304
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