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Military service
Service number:
6531
Age:
26
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
November 8, 1889
London, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 20, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
June 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Ernest Edward O'Dell of Regina, Saskatchewan.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, Victory medal, British War Medal
Digital gallery of Corporal William O'Dell
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Inscription on Menin Gate
Inscription on the Menin Gate, August 2012, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Menin Gate
Menin Gate, October 2009, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Panel 10 Menin Gate
Panel 10 of the Menin Gate, August 2012, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press July 1916......Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Cenotaph
Corporal William O'Dell is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Strathroy, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cenotaph
Corporal William O'Dell is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Strathroy, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Corporal William O'Dell
Digital gallery of
Corporal William O'Dell
Digital gallery of
Corporal William O'Dell
Digital gallery of
Corporal William O'Dell
Digital gallery of
Corporal William O'Dell
Digital gallery of
Corporal William O'Dell
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