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Major Augustus Waterous Agnew
Cenotaph

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Major Augustus Waterous Agnew Veteran

Birth
Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada
Death
17 Sep 1916 (aged 32)
Warloy-Baillon, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Cenotaph
Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada GPS-Latitude: 48.4109611, Longitude: -123.3378917
Memorial ID
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Military Service
Age: 32
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Pioneers
Division: 3rd Battalion

He enlisted in Victoria, British Columbia on Aug 15, 1918.

Augustus was severely wounded by an enemy shell while leading his company into the trenches at Courcelette and Mouquet Farm. He was immediately attended to but died of his wounds the next day at a hospital in Warloy.

He is a remembered on a family marker here at Ross Bay Cemetery but he is buried Contay British Cemetery in France. Family links are attached to the burial memorial.
Military Service
Age: 32
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Pioneers
Division: 3rd Battalion

He enlisted in Victoria, British Columbia on Aug 15, 1918.

Augustus was severely wounded by an enemy shell while leading his company into the trenches at Courcelette and Mouquet Farm. He was immediately attended to but died of his wounds the next day at a hospital in Warloy.

He is a remembered on a family marker here at Ross Bay Cemetery but he is buried Contay British Cemetery in France. Family links are attached to the burial memorial.


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  • Maintained by: Sharon
  • Originally Created by: Bryan
  • Added: Dec 27, 2020
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220261384/augustus_waterous-agnew: accessed ), memorial page for Major Augustus Waterous Agnew (6 Jun 1884–17 Sep 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 220261384, citing Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; Maintained by Sharon (contributor 47715883).