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Military service
Age:
40
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Battalion
Birth:
May 23, 1874
Campbellford, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
April 26, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Husband of Mabel Agnes Doxsee of Campbellford, Ontario. He was the manager of a lumbar yard before he enlisted at the age of 40 years and 4 months. He had 2 years previous years service in South Africa with the 2nd Royal Canadian Regiment.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William John Doxsee
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star for 8 March 1915. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star 28 April 1915. -
Photo of William Doxsee
From the Toronto Star 28 April 1915. -
Newspaper Clipping
Second part of an article in the Toronto Star for 28 April 1915. -
Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Menin Gate - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 755 of 1076. No record of burial. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Berlin (Ontario) News Record newspaper 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John Doxsee
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John Doxsee
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John Doxsee
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John Doxsee
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John Doxsee
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John Doxsee
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John Doxsee
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John Doxsee
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John Doxsee
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 12 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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