CDN WWI Soldier remains returned from the US to be interned in France

[Czech_pivo]

U.S. museum returns remains of 12 Canadian soldiers​

U.S. museum returns remains of 12 Canadian soldiers

OTTAWA — An American medical museum has returned the partial human remains of 12 Canadian soldiers from the First World War.

www.sootoday.com

 

[Kilted]

I'm surprised that they can still identify who these remains originally came from.

 

[mariomike]

I'm surprised that they can still identify who these remains originally came from.

Perhaps they were identified when American medical personnel collected them after the war at a military hospital in Le Tréport, France.

 

[ModlrMike]

I believe the word we're looking for here is "interred". Interned has a completely different meaning. /grammar police

Inter:
verb
past tense: interred; past participle: interred

1. place (a corpse) in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites.
   "he was interred with the military honours due to him"

Yes, I am that guy.

 

[mariomike]

I believe the word we're looking for here is "interred". Interned has a completely different meaning. /grammar police

Inter:
verb
past tense: interred; past participle: interred

1. place (a corpse) in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites.
   "he was interred with the military honours due to him"

Yes, I am that guy.

Better interned than interred.

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