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Military service
Service number:
252759
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
December 13, 1893
Enlistment:
Shaunavon, Saskatchewan
Death:
April 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John R. and Sarah A. Collins, of 246, 13th Avenue West, Vancouver, B.C.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private William John Collins
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Death notice
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 1031 of 1384. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Vancouver Daily News Advertiser c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William John Collins
Digital gallery of
Private William John Collins
Digital gallery of
Private William John Collins
Digital gallery of
Private William John Collins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 218 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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