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Military service
Service number:
455066
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Bn.
Birth:
Garden Island, Ontario
Death:
September 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 21. 32.
Additional information
Son of John Garrah and Melina Campeau (his wife); husband of Mary Ann Garrah, of Garden St., Gananoque, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Garrah
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Gananoque Remembers
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P> -
Memorial Page
William Garrah is honoured on page 40 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005. -
Gananoque War Memorial - Gananoque, Ontario.
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Grave Marker
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Photo of William Garrah
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Cemetery
ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN Seine-Maritime,France (courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
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Private William Garrah
Digital gallery of
Private William Garrah
Digital gallery of
Private William Garrah
Digital gallery of
Private William Garrah
Digital gallery of
Private William Garrah
Digital gallery of
Private William Garrah
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 90 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN Seine-Maritime, France
The St. Sever Cemetery and Extension (Rouen) is situated about 3 kilometres south of Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to Elbeuf. If travelling from Elbeuf or Caen on the N.138, follow Avenue Des Canadiens right down to the roundabout. Then take the fourth exit into Rue Stanislas De Jardin, and the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. The CWGC signpost is located at the entrance of the cemetery.
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