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Military service
Service number:
853399
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
116TH Bn.
Birth:
November 5, 1880
Enlistment:
Midland, Ontario
Death:
July 23, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Richard and Elizabeth Campbell.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Wesley Albert Campbell
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Honour roll
Honour Roll, listing persons from the rural community of Vasey, Ontario, who served in the armed forces in World War I. This list is displayed on a wall inside Vasey United Church. The list includes Wesley Campbell, who was killed in action in France in 1917 while serving in the 116th (Ontario County) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Also on the list is Alvin Jones, who died of wounds in France in 1917. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2015.) -
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Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Medonte Memorial
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Albert Campbell
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Albert Campbell
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Albert Campbell
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Albert Campbell
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Albert Campbell
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Albert Campbell
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Albert Campbell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 212 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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