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Wilbert Drynan

In memory of:

Private Wilbert Drynan

September 2, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

788850

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

38th Bn.

Citation(s):

Military Medal, Supplement to the London Gazette dated 24 January 1919.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

May 2, 1893
Cobden, Ontario

Enlistment:

January 15, 1916
Pembroke, Ontario

Son of Alexander Drynan, Sr. of Cobden, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 400 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DURY MILL BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. C. 22.

Location:

Dury is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 1 kilometre north of the straight main road from Arras to Cambrai (D939). Approximately 16 kilometres from Arras travelling towards Cambrai on the D939 is the Canadian Forces Memorial at Dury. 300 metres after the Memorial the Cemetery is signposted to the left towards Dury village. 200 metres from the D939 the cemetery is signposted to the left. It is located in open fields, and is approached along an unsurfaced track about 500 metres long.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 1061 of 1076.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 1061 of 1076.
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Renfrew Mercury for 25 October 1918.

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – From the Renfrew Mercury for 25 October 1918.

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