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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
6529
Age:
21
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
August 27, 1894
Mitchell, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 30, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
July 9, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVII. E. 3.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Robert Thwaites of Mitchell, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Franklin Thwaites
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Roll of Honour
Sgt. William Franklin Thwaite's name was included on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. He indicated on his military attestation that he was a clerk. Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses. -
Inscription
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Entrance
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Franklin Thwaites
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Franklin Thwaites
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Franklin Thwaites
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Franklin Thwaites
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Franklin Thwaites
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 173 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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