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Military service
Service number:
646061
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
August 23, 1898
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
March 15, 1916
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Ada Laurette Colwell of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digitized service file.
Additional citations
British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private William Ewart Colwell
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Circumstances of Death Registers
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 1141 of 1384. Believed to have been buried at a point just North–North-West of Lens. His body could not be found later for reburial in a cemetery. -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Ewart Colwell
Digital gallery of
Private William Ewart Colwell
Digital gallery of
Private William Ewart Colwell
Digital gallery of
Private William Ewart Colwell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 219 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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