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Son of Frank Finn, of Port Progress, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private William Edward Finn
Digital gallery of
Private William Edward Finn
Grave of 2024356 Pvt. William Edward Finn who served with the 11th Garrison Regt. C.E.F.
Born in the town of Wingate in Durham England on Nov. 19th 1895.
William was drafted into the C.E.F. at Vancouver BC on Nov. 11th 1917 he listed his occupation as "Miner" He died during the Spanish flu panademic of 1918-19 on Oct. 18th 1918 at the age of 22. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC
Digital gallery of
Private William Edward Finn
Memorial cross in the section where 2024356 Pvt. William Edward Finn who served with the 11th Garrison Regt. C.E.F. was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC
Digital gallery of
Private William Edward Finn
Cemetery view of the section where 2024356 Pvt. William Edward Finn who served with the 11th Garrison Regt. C.E.F. was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC
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Grave of 2024356 Pvt. William Edward Finn who served with the 11th Garrison Regt. C.E.F. Born in the town of Wingate in Durham England on Nov. 19th 1895. William was drafted into the C.E.F. at Vancouver BC on Nov. 11th 1917 he listed his occupation as "Miner" He died during the Spanish flu panademic of 1918-19 on Oct. 18th 1918 at the age of 22. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC
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Memorial cross in the section where 2024356 Pvt. William Edward Finn who served with the 11th Garrison Regt. C.E.F. was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC
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Cemetery view of the section where 2024356 Pvt. William Edward Finn who served with the 11th Garrison Regt. C.E.F. was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery of Vancouver BC
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Commemorated on:
Page 407 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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