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Military service
Service number:
469665
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
January 26, 1894
Enlistment:
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Death:
September 6, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. B. 19A.
Additional information
Son of Silvanus and Christena Broughton, of Sydney, Nova Scotia.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Broad to Broyak. Mircoform Sequence 14; Volume Number 31829_B016723; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 158 Page 343 of 1128 -
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In Affectionate Rememberance Of: Private William Broughton, of Sydney, Cape Breton Canada. Who died at the 18th General Hospital, France, on the 6th day of September, 1916, from wounds recieved at the Battle of Courcelette in the 21st year of his age. Burried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Commonwealth Grave/Memorial Reference: X. B. 19A.
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Private William Broughton
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Private William Broughton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 59 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.
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