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To my knowledge, Lance Corporal HENRY GEORGE BELLINGER

of the Princess Patricia's C.L.I., who died on January 8, 1915, is held as the first Canadian killed in combat during the Great War.

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L Corrington Goodrich (Proffesor of Chinese, Columbia University) in the opening pages of his book "A Short History of the Chinese People" (George Allen and Unwin 1957) writes this dedication: To Robert K Reischauer First American casualty of the Second World War, who urged the writing of this book.

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According to my families oral history, my uncle Horace Yelland from Winnepeg, Manitoba was the first Canadian casualty of World War II.

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