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  • Elsegem
  • Belgium
  • 16 Aulneau Street, St.Boniface, Winnipeg, Canada
  • Son of Bruno Van Neste and Marie Verpoort of Elseghem; three brothers, Achille, Adolphe and Jules; two sisters, Martha and Maria; Husband of Marie Vindevogel; two daughters, Angelica and Juliana; four sons, Jules, Achille, Leon and Firmin; emigrated the first time to Canada in 1911; returned with his wife in 1912 and in 1915 brought over his children to Canada;
  • Schoolmaster and gardener

Military service

  • 4 January 1916, Winnipeg
  • 216040
  • Private
  • 27th Bn. Manitoba (City of Winnipeg) Regiment
  • Embarked for Liverpool, September 1916; to France in March 1917

Death

  • 8 November 1917
  • Died of gunshot wounds in his right leg, in n° 10 C.C.S.
  • 37
  • XXII - HH - 2

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