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Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I

Diaries of Frank Cyril Swannell Learn more.

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BC Archives MS-0392 - Box 1, Volume 4-5

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30th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Pte. P.A. MacDonald

Base Company, 30th Battalion,

Canadian Expeditionary Force,

extends his compliments, and

Whishes you a Merry Christmas

and a Prosperous New Year.

Platoon Sergt 15th Bn: Killed in action (blown to pieces Oct. 1917)

Last time I saw him. Ploegsteert 20th Aug. 1915 - in "Dragoon Alley (Page 72)

Christmas 1914

BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 4 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS / Diary and enclosures, 1915.

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