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Military service
Service number:
1054553
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Birth:
March 29, 1887
Enlistment:
Montreal, Québec
Death:
April 28, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. C. 13.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Rose Cleary, of St. Therese de Blainville, Terrebonne Co., Quebec; husband of Rose Grace Cleary, of Hawkesbury, Prescott Co. Ontario.
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Attestation Papers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 13 of 1384. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William Higginson Cleary
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Private William Higginson Cleary
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 385 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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