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Military service
Service number:
701240
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
March 16, 1897
Enlistment:
March 7, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 11, 1917
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Son of Mrs. Louisa Saunders, of Atwater, Saskatchewan.
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101st Battalion, B Company, 8th Platoon
101st Battalion, B Company, 8th Platoon -
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 William Saunders
Digital gallery of
Private William Saunders
Digital gallery of
Private William Saunders
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 322 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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