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Military service
Service number:
451185
Age:
46
Rank:
Lance Serjeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Birth:
January 16, 1870
Greenwich, Kent, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 17, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Husband of Elizabeth Borrett, of 2578, Union St., Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Lance Serjeant William George Borrett
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Photo of WILLIAM GEORGE BORRETT
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant William George Borrett
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant William George Borrett
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant William George Borrett
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant William George Borrett
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant William George Borrett
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant William George Borrett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 56 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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