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Marsha Slavens
- Accession Number
- 2017-4-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-4-3
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. (tiff)
- Date
- 2000
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one digital scan of Marsha Slavens standing next to the grave of her relative, fallen soldier Private Archie Walter in Pas de Calais, France.
- Photo Caption: Marsha Slavens at the graveside of her great uncle Private Archie Walters of Hamilton, Ontario, Bois-Carre British Cemetery, (Pas de Calais, France), 2000.
- Administrative History
- Archie Walters (1892-1917) was a Private in the Canadian Infantry, Royal Canadian Regiment and volunteered to serve in the First World War. He died on the first day of the battle of Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917 and is buried at the Bois-Care British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, Plot V1.B.3. Born in Volkovitisc, Russia, at the time of his death he was 24 years of age. His father, Max Walter, is noted as his next of kin and lived at 68 Wellington St. Hamilton, Ontario.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1914-1918
- Name Access
- Walters, Archie, 1892-1917
- Places
- Pas de Calais, France
- Source
- Archival Accessions