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42nd (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
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Pte. Leslie Brimacombe 42nd Btn. My Great Grandfather, Leslie Brimacombe, served in France from 1915 to 1918.
On the 5th of February 1918, in Lievin, France he was buried by a shell.
His right foot was injured and developed gangrene. On 8th of June 1918, his right foot was amputated at the 3rd Western General Hospital in Cardiff.
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Pte. Patrick Francis MacNamara 42nd Btn. Private MacNamara was the Son of Mrs. MacNamara, of Quarry Rd., Thomond Gate, Limerick.
He died on 4th March 1919 and is buried in the North-East corner of the Kilquane Cemetery, St. Patrick's, Co. Clare, Ireland.
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Lt. Kenneth Archibald Campbell 42nd Btn. (Black Watch) Canadian Royal Highlanders (d.23rd Jan 1917) Lt. Kenneth Archibald Campbell of the 42nd Battalion Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), Canadian Expeditionary Force WW1, was killed in action during the Battle of Vimy Ridge on the 23rd January 1917.
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Lt. Thomas Fasti Dinesen VC. Black Watch of Canada Thomas Fasti Dinesen was born in Rungsted, Denmark. Following the outbreak of the First World War, Dinesen attempted to enlist in the British, French, and United States armies, before being finally accepted by the Canadian Corps in 1917. He enlisted in the Black Watch of Canada regiment.
During the Battle of Amiens he was 26 years old a private in the 42nd (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force when, on 12 August 1918 at Parvillers, France, "he displayed conspicuous bravery when, five times in succession, he rushed forward alone against entrenched enemy troops and put hostile guns out of action. He was credited with killing 12 of the enemy using both bayonet and grenade, and with inspiring his comrades at a very critical stage of the action."
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