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Military service
Service number:
799151
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
20th Bn.
Birth:
October 14, 1889
Death:
November 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of William Franklin Thorne, of King St., Oshawa, Ontario. Husband of Eunice Thorne, of 640, Main St., Saint John, New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Private William Franklin Thorne
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Badge
Pte WF Thorne was originally a member of the 134th Battalion (48th Highlanders) before being sent as a reinforcement to the 20th Battalion. Submitted by the 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Franklin Thorne
Digital gallery of
Private William Franklin Thorne
Digital gallery of
Private William Franklin Thorne
Digital gallery of
Private William Franklin Thorne
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 339 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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