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Military service
Service number:
461506
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Death:
September 27, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Elizabeth and William Dewar, of Selkirk, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private William James Dewar
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Memorial
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) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 149 of 1084. Body not recovered.
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Private William James Dewar
Digital gallery of
Private William James Dewar
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 77 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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