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Military service
Service number:
198150
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Bn.
Birth:
January 30, 1898
Duloe, Cornwall, England
Enlistment:
Fort William, Ontario
Death:
May 31, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. F. 8.
Additional information
Son of Oliver and Ada W. M. Coles, of Fort William, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Oliver Coles
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Registres de circonstances du décès
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 807 of 1384 -
Pierre Tombale
Grave Marker - Lapugnoy Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private William Oliver Coles
Digital gallery of
Private William Oliver Coles
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 218 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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