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Military service
Service number:
799545
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Death:
April 11, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. H. 32.
Additional information
Son of Jacob and Hettie Devall; husband of Bertha Devall, of Muriel Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Russell Devall
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Cap Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Devall was originally a member of this unit before being transferred to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. He died of wounds received during the assault on Vimy Ridge. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of RUSSELL DEVALL
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 7 of 1084. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Devall
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Devall
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Devall
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Devall
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Devall
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Devall
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Devall
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Devall
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Devall
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 227 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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