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Military service
Service number:
68275
Age:
21
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
"C" Coy. 25th Bn.
Birth:
April 26, 1895
Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
August 24, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. E. 2.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Euphemia Bain, of New Harris Forks, Victoria Co., Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 307 of 1072. -
Biography
Submitted with the permission of Bonnie Thornhill, from the book "In the Morning Veterans of Victoria County, Cape Breton. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of William Bain
Submitted with the permission of Bonnie Thornhill, from the book "In the Morning Veterans of Victoria County, Cape Breton. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Bain
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Bain
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Bain
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 49 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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