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Military service
Service number:
925493
Age:
17
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Birth:
July 17, 1899
Death:
April 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Drinkall, of 324, 11th St., Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.A.
Digital gallery of Private Arthur William Drinkall
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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 927 of 1076. His grave was located in Arleux-en-Gohelle, 4 ¼ miles South of Lens. Subsequently, his grave could not be found, hence is sacrifice is commemorated on the VIMY MEMORIAL. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Arthur William Drinkall
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur William Drinkall
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 230 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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