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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
180611
Age:
21
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
August 4, 1897
Manchester, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
November 15, 1915
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
September 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 25.
Additional information
Son of William F. Drinkle, of 231, Richmond Rd., Victoria, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Francis Drinkle
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 933 of 1076. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of April 22, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y115uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of October 26, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y274uvic/mode/1up?view=theater -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of October 13, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y268uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Francis Drinkle
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Francis Drinkle
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Francis Drinkle
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Francis Drinkle
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Commemorated on:
Page 400 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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