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Military service
Service number:
102036
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Birth:
December 11, 1880
Death:
March 1, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Husband of Hannah K. Donnelly, of 642, Clark Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private William Donnelly
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Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping from the Daily Colonist of November 28, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y304uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of March 16, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y82uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
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: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 165 of 1076. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Donnelly
Digital gallery of
Private William Donnelly
Digital gallery of
Private William Donnelly
Digital gallery of
Private William Donnelly
Digital gallery of
Private William Donnelly
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 229 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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