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Military service
Service number:
145614
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
November 9, 1895
Death:
October 21, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Draper, of Shawville, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Private Duncan Benjamin Draper
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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: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 863 of 1076. His grave was located about ¾ miles North of Courcelette. Subsequently, his grave could not be found. Hence, his sacrifice is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.
Digital gallery of
Private Duncan Benjamin Draper
Digital gallery of
Private Duncan Benjamin Draper
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 80 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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