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Military service
Service number:
237720
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
June 1, 1895
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 10.
Digital gallery of Private William Collins
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Memorial Plaque
Memorial Plaque -
Press Clipping
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Death notice
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 1027 of 1384. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Collins
Digital gallery of
Private William Collins
Digital gallery of
Private William Collins
Digital gallery of
Private William Collins
Digital gallery of
Private William Collins
Digital gallery of
Private William Collins
Digital gallery of
Private William Collins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 387 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VALLEY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Valley Cemetery lies south of Vis-en-Artois, some 12 kilometres south-east of Arras on the D939 road. From Vis-en-Artois take the D9 towards Cherisy for 1.5 kilometres, then take a track towards the cemetery on your left.
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