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Military service
Service number:
1018419
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Birth:
November 12, 1881
Enlistment:
North Battleford, Saskatchewan
Death:
September 1, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
C. 28.
Additional information
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Brethour, of Kirkton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Hector Wilson Brethour
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Circumstance of death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 Page 519 of 906 -
Cemetery
Overview of Upton Wood Cemetery -
Grave Marker
Headstone for Private Hector Wilson Brethour in Upton Wood Cemetery, Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, taken by Roger Shier April 16, 2017 -
Plaque
Plaque at entrance to Upton Wood Cemetery; it reads "The Land On Which this Cemetery stands is the Free Gift of the French People for the Perpetual Resting Place of those of the Allied Armies who Fell in the War of 1914 - 1918 and are Honoured Here -
Entrance
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Countryside view from Upton Wood Cemetery, taken by Roger Shier, April 16, 2017.
Digital gallery of
Private Hector Wilson Brethour
Digital gallery of
Private Hector Wilson Brethour
Digital gallery of
Private Hector Wilson Brethour
Digital gallery of
Private Hector Wilson Brethour
Digital gallery of
Private Hector Wilson Brethour
Digital gallery of
Private Hector Wilson Brethour
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 373 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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