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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
22
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
116TH Bn.
Death:
November 5, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. B. 43.
Additional information
Son of John and Jennie Preston of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Captain Wilfred John Preston
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Biography
In memory of the students from Parkdale Collegiate Institute (Toronto, Ontario), who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of WILFRED JOHN PRESTON
In memory of the students from Parkdale Collegiate Institute (Toronto, Ontario), who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping 2
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Group Photo
Group Photograph of the Officers of the 116th (Ontario County) Battalion. Published prominently in the Toronto Star on January 5th, 1918. -
Photo of WILFRED JOHN PRESTON
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
The 116th Battalion
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Wilfred John Preston
Digital gallery of
Captain Wilfred John Preston
Digital gallery of
Captain Wilfred John Preston
Digital gallery of
Captain Wilfred John Preston
Digital gallery of
Captain Wilfred John Preston
Digital gallery of
Captain Wilfred John Preston
Digital gallery of
Captain Wilfred John Preston
Digital gallery of
Captain Wilfred John Preston
Digital gallery of
Captain Wilfred John Preston
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 487 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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