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Military service
Service number:
888232
Age:
34
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Bn.
Birth:
January 26, 1883
Death:
April 19, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private William John Simmons
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Private William John Simmons -
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) -
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From a World War 1 issue of the Free Press Prairie Farmer c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William John Simmons
Digital gallery of
Private William John Simmons
Digital gallery of
Private William John Simmons
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 326 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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