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Military service
Service number:
234089
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
October 14, 1877
Norfolk, Walton, England
Enlistment:
February 28, 1916
Brandon, Manitoba
Death:
August 15, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Emma Hanna Henderson of Brandon, Manitoba. Husband of Mary Jane Henderson of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private William John 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
Digital gallery of
Private William John Henderson
Digital gallery of
Private William John Henderson
Digital gallery of
Private William John Henderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 254 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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