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Military service
Service number:
282727
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
85th Bn.
Birth:
January 28, 1894
Enlistment:
March 6, 1916
Death:
September 2, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 15.
Additional information
Son of A. G. Shortliffe, of Digby, Nova Scotia. He enlisted at Digby.
Digital gallery of Private Wilbur Harris Shortliffe
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Digby War Memorial
Vintage image of the War Memorial in Digby, Nova Scotia. The memorial was erected in 1921 and honours the names of 17 First World War casualties. -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Entrance - Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Private Wilbur Harris Shortliffe
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Private Wilbur Harris Shortliffe
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Private Wilbur Harris Shortliffe
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Private Wilbur Harris Shortliffe
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Private Wilbur Harris Shortliffe
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Private Wilbur Harris Shortliffe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 500 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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