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Military service
Service number:
410152
Age:
37
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
38th Bn.
Birth:
July 28, 1883
London, England
Enlistment:
July 19, 1915
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
September 6, 1920
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
S. F. G. 15.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Mary McNair, of Wandsworth Common, London, England.
Digital gallery of Sapper William McNair
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Grave Marker
Grave marker for William McNair at Fort Massey Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Image taken 26 December 2015 by Tom Tulloch. -
Memorial
Cross of Sacrifice at Fort Massey Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Image taken 26 December 2015 by Tom Tulloch. -
Attestation Papers
Attestation Paper 1 (page 1) dated 19 July 1915 - William McNair joins the 38th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. -
Attestation Papers
Attestation Paper 1 (page 2) dated 19 July 1915 - William McNair joins the 38th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. -
Attestation Papers
Attestation Paper 2 (page 1) dated 15 September 1919 - William McNair joins the Canadian Military Police Corps. -
Attestation Papers
Attestation Paper 2 (page 2) dated 15 September 1919 - William McNair joins the Canadian Military Police Corps.
Digital gallery of
Sapper William McNair
Digital gallery of
Sapper William McNair
Digital gallery of
Sapper William McNair
Digital gallery of
Sapper William McNair
Digital gallery of
Sapper William McNair
Digital gallery of
Sapper William McNair
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 605 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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