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Military service
Service number:
105644
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
April 23, 1886
Belleville, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 22, 1915
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
April 9, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
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Son of John and Elizabeth Henderson, of Marlbank, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Arthur Henderson
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Inscription
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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM ARTHUR HENDERSON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Henderson
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Henderson
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Henderson
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Henderson
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Henderson
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Henderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 254 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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