Service Details
Name:
 MELVILLE
Given Name:
 MAXWELL ARTHUR
Initials:
 M A
Service No:
 426140
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
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Unit:
 8th Bn.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1918-08-09
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Date of Birth:
 1882-08-21
Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, near Amiens
Additional
Information:
Son of Edward William and Mary Ann Melville, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Born at Cape Town, South Africa. Came from Cape Town, South Africa, to homestead SW22-37-7-W3 northeast of Grandora. Maxwell was working as a boilermaker when he enlisted at Moose Jaw on Christmas Eve 1914.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 VRELY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Grave Reference:
 A. 20.
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