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Military service
Service number:
219123
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
78th Bn.
Birth:
March 22, 1886
Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 4, 1915
Smiths Falls, Ontario
Death:
November 19, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Spouse of Florence Alexander of Toronto, Ontario.
Digitized Service File.
Digital gallery of Private William Alexander
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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) -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
Pte. William Alexander enlisted in the 80th Battalion at Smiths Falls, Ontario, on September 4th, 1915. He indicated on his military attestation that he was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. In honoured memory. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. 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) -
National Memorial Album
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM ALEXANDER
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 46 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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