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Military service
Service number:
210055
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
20th Bn.
Birth:
September 2, 1886
Port Colborne, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 24, 1915
Welland, Ontario
Death:
November 11, 1917
Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of William and Esther Alkins, of Port Colborne, Ontario.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private William John Alkins
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private William John Alkins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 190 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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