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Military service
Service number:
201033
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
April 23, 1890
Death:
April 5, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Elizabeth Davis, of 12, Mill St., Weston, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Davis
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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) -
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 1089 of 1140. -
Honour roll
R.Forbes Company Limited honour roll in Peace Souvenir - Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914-1918 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private William Davis
Digital gallery of
Private William Davis
Digital gallery of
Private William Davis
Digital gallery of
Private William Davis
Digital gallery of
Private William Davis
Digital gallery of
Private William Davis
Digital gallery of
Private William Davis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 226 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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