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Military service
Service number:
745464
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
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Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Roots.
Digital gallery of Private William John Roots
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Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William John Roots
Digital gallery of
Private William John Roots
Digital gallery of
Private William John Roots
Digital gallery of
Private William John Roots
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 319 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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