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Military service
Service number:
18985
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
August 28, 1894
Death:
June 3, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 96.
Additional information
Son of Maxime and Catherine Petrie, of Cherhill, Alberta.
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Private William Petrie in Canadian uniform died in 1915 in France in WW1. He was 20. My father was named William after him. He dies too young. We will never forget him. Bill Vienneau Bedford Nova Scotia -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William Petrie
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Private William Petrie
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Commemorated on:
Page 32 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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