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Military service
Service number:
419028
Age:
34
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
November 3, 1882
Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment:
May 21, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Husband of Mary McCallum of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William McCallum
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of William McCallum
William McCallum, 42nd Bn. Quebec Regiment. -
Newspaper Clipping
Pte. William McCallum signed his military attestation on May 21st, 1915 in Montreal. He indicated on this form that he was born in Glasgow, Scotland. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM MCCALLUM
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William McCallum
Digital gallery of
Private William McCallum
Digital gallery of
Private William McCallum
Digital gallery of
Private William McCallum
Digital gallery of
Private William McCallum
Digital gallery of
Private William McCallum
Digital gallery of
Private William McCallum
Digital gallery of
Private William McCallum
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 279 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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