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Military service
Service number:
645483
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Birth:
February 7, 1892
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
January 20, 1916
British Columbia
Death:
April 17, 1921
Vancouver, British Columbia
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Old. O. 3. 4.
Additional information
Son of William Herbert and Eliza Jane Walpole, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of Bombardier Sidney Herbert Walpole who was killed in action on October 25, 1917 while serving with the Canadian Field Artillery.
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Private William Alton Walpole
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 560 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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