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Harold W Borland

In memory of:

Private Harold W Borland

April 21, 1917
Étaples, France

Military Service


Service Number:

61880

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

July 21, 1887
Richmond, Quebec

Enlistment:

January 27, 1915
St-Jean, Quebec

Baptized Harold-Weare Borland. Son of David-Ray Borland (deceased in 1909) and Charlotte Weare. Married to Georgiana Godin in 1905, he was father of two children in the 1911 census.

He was in a Divisionary school building in Lières when the roof collapsed. He died five days later at General Hospital n° 1 in Étaples.

Commemorated on Page 204 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

XIX. F. 8.

Location:

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

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: Border to Boys. Mircoform Sequence 12; Volume Number 131829_B016721; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 25 of 934
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