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Military service
Service number:
77283
Age:
32
Rank:
Company Quarter Master Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Battalion
Birth:
December 21, 1882
Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment:
November 9, 1914
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
May 18, 1915
France
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Additional information
Son of Mrs. Jane Henry, Duncraggan, Bishopton, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He stated he was an accountant and that he was single.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star
Digital gallery of Company Quarter Master Sergeant Robert Williamson Henry
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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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Photo of ROBERT WILLIAMSON HENRY
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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)
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant Robert Williamson Henry
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant Robert Williamson Henry
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 19 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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