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Military service
Service number:
871303
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
March 29, 1890
Birmingham, England
Death:
November 4, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. A. 9.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Harriet M. Pettitt, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Pettitt
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cemetery … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William Pettitt
Digital gallery of
Private William Pettitt
Digital gallery of
Private William Pettitt
Digital gallery of
Private William Pettitt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 308 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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