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Military service
Service number:
799830
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
April 5, 1887
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Davie, of 76, Bude St., Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Davie
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Newspaper Clipping
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Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH Private Davie originally enlisted with the 134th Bn (48th Highlanders). When the 134th was broken up for replacements he was sent to the unit's field Service Bn. Private Davie was killed during the assault on Vimy Ridge. -
Badge
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH Private Davie originally enlisted with the 134th Bn (48th Highlanders). When the 134th was broken up for replacements he was sent to the unit's field Service Bn. Private Davie was killed during the assault on Vimy Ridge. -
Badge
Cap Badge 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Davie was a member of the 134th Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
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) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 737 of 1140. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Davie
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Davie
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Davie
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Davie
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Davie
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Davie
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Davie
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Davie
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Davie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 225 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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