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Military service
Service number:
434269
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
January 6, 1890
Enlistment:
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
November 19, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private William Costello
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI TO COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 293 of 900. -
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)
Digital gallery of
Private William Costello
Digital gallery of
Private William Costello
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 71 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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