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2007.126.001
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2007.126
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72nd BATTALION CEF, SH of C
72e BATAILLON CEF, SH de C
L/Cpl Wordie Drost kiled in action on 1 March 1917 near Vimy.
"L/Cpl Wordie Drost K.I.A. 1-3-1917".
Lance Corporal Wordie Drost, # 129513 served with 72nd Battalion, CEF from 13 August, 1916 until killed in action on 1 March, 1917. He has 72nd Highlanders shoulder titles.
See also his letter home dated 1916 (1998.141.186).
His family received the Memorial (Mother's) Cross which is in this collection - 2007.126.002
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