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Object ID
2017.030.001
Access Number
2017.030
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Shrapnel
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Shrapnel -72nd Bn advance up Vimy Ridge
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REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION AND VETERANS
ASSOCIATION RÉGIMENTAIRE ET ANCIENS COMBATTANTS
Shrapnel from the 72nd Bn's advance up Vimy Ridge, 1917.
Shell fragment (Shrapnel) picked up by Regimental Chaplain (Padre) Major Jim Short from the 72nd Battalion, CEF's advance up Vimy Ridge in April 1917. This artefact was picked up during the Seaforth's Vimy 100th Anniversary Battlefield Tour in April 2017.
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