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Military service
Service number:
460142
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
June 18, 1892
Beckwith Township, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 9, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
October 10, 1916
The Somme, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Anne Griffith, of Hilbre, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private William John Griffith
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Inscription
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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 95 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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