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Military service
Service number:
886572
Age:
41
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Birth:
November 24, 1875
Enlistment:
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of George Blackhall and Isabella Brown.
Digital gallery of Private David Blackhall
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Newspaper Clipping
Pte. David Blackhall's indicated on his military attestation that he was born in Montreal, Quebec. He was living in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, at the time he completed this attestation. He enlisted with the 188th Battalion in Prince Albert on April 10th, 1916. -
Memorial
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private David Blackhall
Digital gallery of
Private David Blackhall
Digital gallery of
Private David Blackhall
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Commemorated on:
Page 202 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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