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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
742833
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
November 26, 1898
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
March 1, 1916
Saint John, New Brunswick
Death:
October 10, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William and Mary Ellen (Driscoll) Dillon.
Digital gallery of Private William James Dillon
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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) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 503 of 1084.
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Private William James Dillon
Digital gallery of
Private William James Dillon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 398 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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