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Private WILLIAM PEWTRESS

Service Number: 178079
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

87th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1916

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

III. C. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Husband of Gertrude Pewtress, of 26, Ann St., Brockville, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription THE MEASURE OF LIFE IS NOT ITS SPAN BUT THE USE MADE OF IT
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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