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Military service
Service number:
859672
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
March 27, 1897
Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
February 21, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 16, 1917
Lens, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVIII. H. 13.
Additional information
Son of William and Elizabeth Donegan, of Cobden, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Del Donegan
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Family of Caroline ( Cavanagh Donegan) Consitt -
Circumstances of Death Registers
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Photo of WILLIAM DEL DONEGAN
The remains of Great War soldiers, discovered in September 2010, were publicly identified in May 2018. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/05/22/a-century-after-they-died-remains-identified-of-three-canadian-soldiers-buried-in-france.html -
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) -
Grave marker
Photo of the new grave marker courtesy Glenn Kerr. -
Grave marker
The group whose bodies were identified and reburied. Courtesy of Glenn Kerr
Digital gallery of
Private William Del Donegan
Digital gallery of
Private William Del Donegan
Digital gallery of
Private William Del Donegan
Digital gallery of
Private William Del Donegan
Digital gallery of
Private William Del Donegan
Digital gallery of
Private William Del Donegan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 229 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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