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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
859988
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
44th Bn.
Birth:
July 29, 1892
Huron County, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 8, 1916
Tugasko, Saskatchewan
Death:
May 10, 1917
France
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Additional information
Son of Robert and Barbara Jane Black, of Wroxeter, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Edgar Black
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Inscription
Inscription on the Vimy Memorial Photo courtesy of J. Elliott/J. Rutledge, The Men of Huron WW1 Project
Digital gallery of
Private William Edgar Black
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 202 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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