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Military service
Service number:
405161
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
July 2, 1883
Dunwich, Suffolk, England
Enlistment:
August 17, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William G. Alexander, of Henton, Suffolk, England; husband of Charlotte Elizabeth Alexander, Mimico Beach, Ontario.
Digitized Service File.
Digital gallery of Private William George Alexander
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War Memorial
This war memorial is located at Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom. -
Inscription
This war memorial is located at Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom. -
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) -
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 Obituary
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William George Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private William George Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private William George Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private William George Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private William George Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private William George Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private William George Alexander
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 46 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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