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Military service
Service number:
84009
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Birth:
September 6, 1895
Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
June 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Valley Cottages Cem. Zillebeke, Mem. B. 12.
Additional information
Foster son of Mrs. E. Whitehead, of Lower Hainesville, New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Private Sydney Dale
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Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Valley Cottages Memorial - Inscription reads: "To the memory of these 72 Soldiers of the British Empire killed in action in 1915, 1916 and 1917 and buried at the time in Valley Cemetery and Transport Farm Annexe Zillebeek whose graves were destroyed in later battles. Their glory shall not be forgotten." ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 125 of 1140. -
Badge
Sydney Dale British home child -
Photo of Sydney Dale
Sydney Dale British Home child -
Memorial
Sydney Dale British Home child
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 74 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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