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Military service
Service number:
7099
Age:
23
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
No. 1 Company 1st Battalion
Birth:
March 26, 1895
Ancaster, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
August 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
D. 6.
Additional information
Sergeant Wainright was born in Ancaster, Ontario on 26 Mach 1895. He was the son of George and Sarah Wilson Wainwright, of Dundas, Ontario. Sergeant Wainwright also served four years with the 77 Regiment. He stated he was single and employed as a labourer.Sergeant Wainwright is also commemorated on the Dundas Cenotaph, Dundas, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Robert John Wainwright
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Robert John Wainwright
Robert John Wainwright is remembered on this war memorial in Dundas, Ontario.
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Sergeant Robert John Wainwright
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 517 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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