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i am researching 2 brothers who died in the great war for a elderly friend who is their nephew , i have found one brother no problem but the second brother cant be found anywhere . his details ;;;

Park , William John reg no. 681095.

rank coporal , KIA passchendal october 26th 1917

born grange co.derry age 30

i cant even find him on a war memorial in belgium which is odd ??

regards

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Is this him?

PARKE, W J

Rank: Private

Service No: 681645

Date of Death: 26/10/1917

Age: 32

Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry

58th Bn

Panel Reference Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30.

Memorial YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

Additional Information:

Son of John Parke, J.P., and Mrs. Parke, of Grange, Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry, Ireland; husband of Isobel Annie Parke, of Minesing, Ontario.

Regards, Tommy.

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hi tommy ;

thats him !! i never thought of spelling park with an e at the end , his brother's paperwork use the spelling park so thats what i was going on !

i wonder if any service records or mic are available ?

regards

lionel

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Phil ,

thanks for taking the time and searching for william , i am visiting williams nephew today and i am taking all this information with me in a file i put together !

William had a brother robert who also died in the great war just 6 months later !!

we will remember them

lionel

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