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Military service
Service number:
925437
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Birth:
September 18, 1895
Enlistment:
Estevan, Saskatchewan
Death:
November 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Caroline Spencer Cooney, of Glen Ewen, Saskatchewan, and the late James Patrick Cooney.
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Circumstances of Death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CONNON TO CORBETT. Microform Sequence 22; Volume Number 31829_B016731. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 166. Page 497 of 818. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Manitoba Free Press newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William Cooney
Digital gallery of
Private William Cooney
Digital gallery of
Private William Cooney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 220 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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