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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Enlistment:
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
August 26, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
D. 34.
Additional information
Son of J. J. and Mary Louise Athertan, of Kelowna, British Columbia.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Captain William Joseph Atherton
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From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Captain William Joseph Anderson was wounded in 1916. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Montreal Star c.1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Captain William Joseph Atherton
Digital gallery of
Captain William Joseph Atherton
Digital gallery of
Captain William Joseph Atherton
Digital gallery of
Captain William Joseph Atherton
Digital gallery of
Captain William Joseph Atherton
Digital gallery of
Captain William Joseph Atherton
Digital gallery of
Captain William Joseph Atherton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 361 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ACHICOURT ROAD CEMETERY (ACHICOURT) Pas de Calais, France
Achicourt is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, immediately South of Arras. The Achicourt Road Cemetery lies between the villages of Achicourt and Beaurains, a little East of the main road from Arras to Amiens, about two kilometers from Arras railway station. The cemetery covers an area of 700 square yards and is surrounded by a low brick wall. It is planted with Siberian crab trees and flowering shrubs.
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