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Military service
Service number:
451068
Age:
17
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Birth:
November 13, 1898
York, Ontario
Death:
July 5, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
P. 419.
Additional information
Son of John William and Elizabeth Chambers, of 470, Salem Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Henry Chambers
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of William Chambers
Submitted for the project, Operation: PIcture Me -
Grave marker
Photo of Pte Chambers' grave marker courtesy of Mark Banning, Wales. -
Attestation paper
William Chambers gave an incorrect year of birth in order to enlist. -
Attestation paper
Description of William Chambers -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Henry Chambers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 65 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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