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Military service
Service number:
136118
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Death:
August 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. B. 161.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Jane Winterburn (formerly Porteous), of 73, Grange Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, and the late Cpl. Porteous (Royal Engineers).
Digital gallery of Private William Fredrick Porteous
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of William Fredrick Porteous
William Porteous taken in his backyard. Private collection. -
Porteous' Family
The Winterburn (Porteous) family in front of 230 Spadina Ave., Toronto. In the back row from left to right are the siblings Charles, Hilda and William Porteous. Private collection. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of William Porteous
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of William Porteous
“William (our Nephew) who lost his leg whilst in action with the Canadian Highlanders at Ypers" Note, other information all indicates that he died of a head wound -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Fredrick Porteous
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 149 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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