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Military service
Service number:
687864
Age:
42
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
54th Battalion
Birth:
May 31, 1874
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 1, 1916
Kamloops, British Columbia
Death:
March 1, 1917
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Mrs. A.J. Robarts of Strathmore, Alberta. Husband of Elizabeth Alice Davis (formerly Robarts, nee Reilly), of Haskin Orchard, Penticton, British Columbia. Pte Robarts enlisted, stating he was a rancher. He had previous military service, 3 years with the 10th Royal Grenadiers, 2 years with the 13th Battalion and served with the 102 Rocky Mountain Rangers in the Militia. He was promoted to acting Lance Corporal on 1 November 1916 and reverted back to his permanent grade of Private on 3 December 1916.
Digital gallery of Private William Alfred Robarts
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War Memorial
War Memorial, Salmon Arm & District, British Columbia. Inscribed:<P> IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM SALMON ARM DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. OUR HEROIC DEAD / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. -
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)
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Private William Alfred Robarts
Digital gallery of
Private William Alfred Robarts
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 316 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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