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Military service
Service number:
282892
Age:
19
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Railway Troops
Division:
12th Bn.
Birth:
September 12, 1898
Enlistment:
Bridgetown, Nova Scotia
Death:
April 24, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
C. 9.
Additional information
Son of D. Morse Balcom and Hattie A. Balcom, of Lawrencetown, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal William Harland Balcom
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 581 of 1072.
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Lance Corporal William Harland Balcom
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