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Military service
Service number:
171403
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
October 24, 1896
Death:
August 26, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
F. 28.
Additional information
Son of James Albert W. and Elizabeth Ada Young, of 15 Balfour Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
Croix de Guerre (France)
Digital gallery of Private Wilfred James Ernest Young
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Photo de Wilfred James Ernest Young
Private Wilfred James Ernest Young, pictured shortly after his enlistment into the 83rd (Toronto) Battalion CEF. -
Coupure de presse (blessé)
Toronto city newspaper clipping showing Private Young, of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, was wounded. -
Notice nécrologique
Toronto city newspaper clipping showing Private Young, of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, had died of wounds on August 26th, 1918. -
Pierre tombale
21 April 2019, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) https://cefrg.ca
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Private Wilfred James Ernest Young
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred James Ernest Young
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred James Ernest Young
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred James Ernest Young
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 527 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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