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William Charles Billett

In memory of:

Corporal William Charles Billett

October 4, 1919

Military Service


Service Number:

721132

Age:

37

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)

Division:

108th Bn.

Citation(s):

War Service Badge Class A.

Additional Information


Born:

May 30, 1882
Somerset, Taunton, England

Enlistment:

December 7, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Jane Billett, of Mount Pleasant, Kingston, Taunton, England, and the George Billett. He was single and a mason. He was demobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 19 May 1919 and subsequently died from severe illness.

Commemorated on Page 605 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada

Grave Reference:

Mil. 227.

Location:

The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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