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Military service
Service number:
651176
Age:
28
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Railway Troops
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
September 14, 1889
Enlistment:
Wiarton, Ontario
Death:
November 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. II.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Anstead, of Paisley, Ontario; husband of Mrs. Annie I. Anstead, of Chesley, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sapper William Austin Anstead
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Enlistment Cards
Records are property of the Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre. -
Photo of William Austin Anstead
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Chesley Enterprise newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
ZUYDCOOTE MILITARY CEMETERY Nord, France
Zuydcoote is a village in the Department of the Nord about 10 kilometres north-east of Dunkirk. The ZUYDCOOTE MILITARY CEMETERY is west of the village and about 550 metres east of Zuydcoote Halte.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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