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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Land Ontario, Canada
• Family Son of Chas. E. and Elizabeth I. Lennie, of 560, Bathurst St., Toronto
• Extra info William Vine was also killed in this action (buried VIII C 22)

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 20 February 1915, Lindsay, Ontario
• Service number 412703
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 3rd Can. Div. Ammunition Sub Park Canadian Army Service Corps

Death

• Wounded 14 July, Poperinge; he was proceeding through the town of Poperinge with a lorry and stopped at the signal office, presumably to enquire whether or not it was safe to proceed further. Before he could enter the office a shell exploded in close proximity and he was instantly killed by fragments of it.
• Type of wounds Killed in action
• Died at the age of 19
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VIII - C - 21

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