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Military service
Service number:
140017
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
January 6, 1896
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 29, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. H. II.
Digital gallery of Private William Black
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 411 of 734 -
Newspaper Clipping
Pte. William Black was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He enlisted in Toronto in the 75th Battalion C.E.F. in July 1915. In honoured memory. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Black
Digital gallery of
Private William Black
Digital gallery of
Private William Black
Digital gallery of
Private William Black
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 202 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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