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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
429729
Age:
26
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
January 19, 1890
Trenton, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 17, 1915
New Westminster, British Columbia
Death:
April 20, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
J. 6.
Additional information
Son of J.T. Weir of Ashcroft, British Columbia.
Additional citations
Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Kenneth Weir
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Gravemarker
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Dickebushe Cemetery's Entrance
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Newspaper Clipping
Clipping from the Toronto Star for 16 May 1916. -
Memorial
Cenotaph at Abbotsford, B.C. Photo courtesy of Abby Chan -
Attestation Papers
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Attestation Papers
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of KENNETH WEIR
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. 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 Vancouver World newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Kenneth Weir
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Kenneth Weir
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Kenneth Weir
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Kenneth Weir
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Kenneth Weir
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Kenneth Weir
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Kenneth Weir
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Kenneth Weir
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Kenneth Weir
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 180 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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