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Military service
Service number:
412215
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Death:
June 3, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Frank Desilest, of Trenton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Desilest
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 947 of 1036. No record of burial.
Digital gallery of
Private William Desilest
Digital gallery of
Private William Desilest
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 77 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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