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Military service
Service number:
132374
Age:
24
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
73rd Bn.
Birth:
November 2, 1892
Sackville, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
November 22, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. G. 31.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Jane O. Blanche, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Corporal William Burton Blanche
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Circumstances of Death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 29 of 762. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of William Blanche
Photo taken from "A Short History and Photographic Record of the 73rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Highlanders of Canada". Page 13. A COMPANY No 1 Platoon -
Attestation Papers
Source Library and Archives Canada. -
National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM BURTON BLANCHE
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Inscription located at Sackville Cemetery, Sackville NB, Canada. (Photo credit: Captain (Ret'd) E.L.L. Gaudet, CD)
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Burton Blanche
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Burton Blanche
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Burton Blanche
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Burton Blanche
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Burton Blanche
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Burton Blanche
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Burton Blanche
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 55 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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