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Pte. John William Fielding
Canadian Expeditionary Force 10th Btn. (Alberta)
from:Edmonton, Alberta
(d.15th Aug 1917)
John Fielding served with the 10th (Alberta) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force during WW1 and was killed in action on the 15th August 1917. He is buried in Loos British Cemetery, Loos-en-Gohelle, near Lens, France.
John was born on the 30th October 1888 in Salford, Lancashire and emigrated to Canada on the 28th October 1910. He married Ruth Wild in Edmonton on the 14th October 1911.
He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the 6th July 1915. He was
killed by a sniper whilst on guard duty in trench near Loos-en-Gohelle, France 15th August 1917.