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Military service
Service number:
85957
Age:
19
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
12th Bty. 3rd Bde.
Birth:
December 26, 1896
Lot 59, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
December 21, 1914
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Death:
June 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. E. 16.
Additional information
Son of William Robert and Mary Arm Heckbert, of 1317-21st Avenue East, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Gunner William Henry Heckbert
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Photo of Canadian Virtual War Memorial
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Photo of Canadian Virual War Memorial
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 101 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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