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Military service
Service number:
150055
Age:
31
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
March 6, 1887
Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
July 22, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 8, 1918
Hangard, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 18.
Additional information
Son of William Hayhow Crafer and Louisa Eleanor Crafer, of 6, Hanover Rd., Norwich, England.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Crafer
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CRABB TO CROSSLAND Microform Sequence 24; Volume Number 31829_B016733. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 168. Page 27 of 788. -
Citation
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Sergeant William Crafer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Crafer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 390 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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