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Military service
Service number:
928802
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
April 20, 1893
Township of West Garafraxa, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 23, 1916
Fergus, Ontario
Death:
April 5, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Courtney, of Belwood, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William John Courtney
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Monument
Orangeville (Dufferin County) Ontario War Memorial. -
Circumstances of death registers
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of WILLIAM JOHN COURTNEY
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Digital gallery of
Private William John Courtney
Digital gallery of
Private William John Courtney
Digital gallery of
Private William John Courtney
Digital gallery of
Private William John Courtney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 390 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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