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The grave of a previously unknown Canadian soldier has been identified as a man from Hayfield, Man. who fought in the First World War.
The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) announced on Wednesday that Cpl. William Benjamin Cunningham has been identified as the unknown soldier.
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He was buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery in Ypres, Belgium in 1920.
National Defence and CAF said Cunningham was born near Hayfield on Dec. 30, 1895, and worked as a clerk in Brandon, Man.
He trained with the 18th Reserve Battalion in England and joined the 44th Canadian Infantry Battalion in France.
Cunningham was part of the Battle of Passchendaele and was one of 45 Canadian soldiers in the 44th Battalion to die in that fight. National Defence and the CAF said he died on …
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