Many thanks for posting this item, Juanita! Also, Canada's representative UNKNOWN SOLDIER is being returned from Vimy to Canada today, following a ceremony at Vimy. He will be interred in the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa -- Saturday, I believe. Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> ======================================== Juanita Roussel wrote: > Hi Listers: > > I thought some of you might find this article interesting and maybe someone > who has subscribed to the Canada or Alberta mail list could forward it on. > > Snipits of an article taken from the Toronto Star, Thursday, May 25, 2000 > > AFTER 83 YEARS, PTE. CARLSON RETURNS TO HIS COMRADES > > Soldiers Remains found Decades After His Death > > POZIERES, France -- The remains of a Canadian World War 1 soldier found > recently by British tourists in a farmer's field were laid to rest yesterday > with his comrades. > > Pte. David Carlson was given a full military funeral at a World War 1 > cemetery along with the remains of an Australian soldier, whose identity > remains a mystery. > > Carlson went missing in action during the Canadian Army's attack on > Courcelette during the Battle of the Somme on Sept. 8, 1916. His name is > listed among the more than 11,000 Canadians who died during the war at a > memorial at Vimy. > > Carlson, who was from Mannville, Alta., joined the Canadian Expeditionary > Force in Edmonton two days after his 18th birthday on July 12, 1915. His > identification disk found with the remains gave his name. > > Carlson's grave is near the centre of the high-walled cemetery, perfectly > maintained like so many of the World War I graveyards that dot the lush farm > landscape surrounding northern French villages. > >