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Military service
Service number:
799168
Age:
42
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
February 6, 1875
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 25, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. C. 26.
Digital gallery of Private William Laight Brett
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Circumstance of death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 Page 545 of 906 -
Newspaper Clipping
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Cap Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Brett was originally a member of the 134th Bn before being transferred to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM LAIGHT BRETT
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Grave Marker
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Laight Brett
Digital gallery of
Private William Laight Brett
Digital gallery of
Private William Laight Brett
Digital gallery of
Private William Laight Brett
Digital gallery of
Private William Laight Brett
Digital gallery of
Private William Laight Brett
Digital gallery of
Private William Laight Brett
Digital gallery of
Private William Laight Brett
Digital gallery of
Private William Laight Brett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 207 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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