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Private WILLIAM OPENSHAW OWEN

Service Number: 2020499
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

72nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOURLON WOOD CEMETERY

II. C. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Born in England. Son of Richard and Bessie Owen, of Mount Lehman, British Columbia.
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Buried or commemorated at

BOURLON WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 245
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