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George William Woollins

In memory of:

Private George William Woollins

November 3, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

1024536

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

3rd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

July 5, 1899

Son of George Alfred and Mary Woollins, of 108, Branstone Rd., Fairbank, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 526 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IX. C. 18.

Location:

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY is situated on the northern outskirts of Boulogne. From Calais follow the A16 to Boulogne and come off at Junction 3 and follow the D96E for Wimereux Sud. Continue on this road for approximately 1 kilometre when the TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY will be found on the left hand side of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Press Clipping– The Woollins family lost both father and son in November 1918. The father was Pte. George Alfred Woollins, 1024507, 75th Battalion, who died on November 23rd, 1918. His son, Pte. George William Woollins, 1024536, 3rd Battalion, died on November 3rd, 1918.

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    Press Clipping
    Press Clipping – The Woollins family lost both father and son in November 1918. The father was Pte. George Alfred Woollins, 1024507, 75th Battalion, who died on November 23rd, 1918. His son, Pte. George William Woollins, 1024536, 3rd Battalion, died on November 3rd, 1918.
  • War Diary– War Diary The entry in the diary states that Pte. Woollins died Sept. 27, 1918, which was the day of the Bourlon Wood attack. The battalion suffered very heavy casualties in August and September and accounting for the dead and wounded would have been difficult. He most likely died of his wounds in hospital on 3rd November and buried in the nearby cemetery. His father, Pte George Alfred Woollins, died twenty days later on November 23, 1918. The family (mother, father and son) had emigrated to Canada in 1909 and settled in Fairbank, now part of Etobicoke. Mrs. Woollins sailed to Manchester, England, to visit relatives in 1922 and returned to Canada in 1924.

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    War Diary
    War Diary – War Diary The entry in the diary states that Pte. Woollins died Sept. 27, 1918, which was the day of the Bourlon Wood attack. The battalion suffered very heavy casualties in August and September and accounting for the dead and wounded would have been difficult. He most likely died of his wounds in hospital on 3rd November and buried in the nearby cemetery. His father, Pte George Alfred Woollins, died twenty days later on November 23, 1918. The family (mother, father and son) had emigrated to Canada in 1909 and settled in Fairbank, now part of Etobicoke. Mrs. Woollins sailed to Manchester, England, to visit relatives in 1922 and returned to Canada in 1924.
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