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Military service
Service number:
6119
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
July 24, 1896
Death:
March 3, 1919
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. 44.
Additional information
Son of William S. and Edith M. Smith, of Mount Forest, Ontario.
His father died on March 28, 1917 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment).
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Enlisted in the 1st Battalion and because of his special qualifications was transferred to post office work in Belgium. Died as he was returning to England, March 3, 1919, his father died of wounds two years previously.
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Private Douglas McLaren Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 543 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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