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Military service
Service number:
8154
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of William and Melony Unwin, of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Lieutenant Harry Wallace Unwin who died on September 22, 1916 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private William David Unwin
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star for 31 May 1915. -
Newspaper Clipping (2)
From the Toronto Star for 28 March 1916. -
Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private William David Unwin
Digital gallery of
Private William David Unwin
Digital gallery of
Private William David Unwin
Digital gallery of
Private William David Unwin
Digital gallery of
Private William David Unwin
Digital gallery of
Private William David Unwin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 40 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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