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Private William John Bird

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Military service

Service number: 657926
Age: 20
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division: 54th Bn.
Birth: July 12, 1898 Township of Chapman, Ontario
Enlistment: May 2, 1916 Ontario
Death: August 8, 1918

Burial/memorial information

BEAUCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Grave reference: A. 12.
Additional information
Son of Robert Henry and Frances Bird of Pearcely, Ontario. Joined 162 Battalion on 2 May 1916, transferred to 36th Battalion on 6 December 1916, transferred to 125th Battalion on 31 January 1917 and onto the 54th Battalion on 2 February 1918. Pte Bird is commemorated on a memorial in Magnetawan, Ontario having made the supreme sacrifice.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 369 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BEAUCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France

The village of Beaucourt is about 18 kilometres south-east of Amiens and 5 kilometres east of Moreuil.

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