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Military service
Age:
35
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Death:
September 28, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV B. 3.
Additional information
Son of George and Margaret Tait, of 29, Felix Apartments, Jervis St., Vancouver.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William Elmer Tait
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War Memorial
Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD. -
Photo of William Elmer Tait
Lt. W.E. Tait, 7th Battalion CEF (circa 1917-18). DOW 28 SEPT 1918. From the collection of Mr. R. Van Semmortier. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of October 3, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y259uvic/mode/1up?view=theater -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria (B.C.) Times newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant William Elmer Tait
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Elmer Tait
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Elmer Tait
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Elmer Tait
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 510 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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