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Military service
Service number:
628
Age:
45
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
May 21, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of James and Mary Arkwell. Enlisted August 1914.
Digital gallery of Private William Joseph Arkwell
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens). -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM JOSEPH ARKWELL
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Arkwell
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Arkwell
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Arkwell
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Arkwell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 3 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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