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As far as I know, Pte Nathanael Kern of Ontario was the last FWW Canadian soldier killed on active duty in France. He was a laborer with the Canadian War Graves Detachment. While clearing the battlefields in June 1919, he was fatally gassed by an exploding phosgene cylinder. Houchin Brit Cemetery

four witness reports from the incident that killed Pte. Kern in 1919 one reads, "I was standing about five feet from the gas cylinder when Lieut. Gatien shouted "Gas" and ran down the ravine. He afterwards came back and plugged the cylinder. I did not see how the cylinder exploded. screenshot from Pte. Kern's personnel file, LAC Canada https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/help/pffww
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MUmesutuyar.bsky.social

Today's antique find in #Sydney#FWW

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CB1418research.bsky.social

Ten years! On 8 October 2014 Long, Long Trail website was announced as winner of the ISG Special Category Award by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). #history#WW1#FWW#winnerwww.longlongtrail.co.uk

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