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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
28
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
38th Bn.
Death:
September 29, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. 1.
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Hannah Vernon, of 92, Langford Avenue, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Captain William Vernon
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Newspaper Clipping
This photograph of Capt. William Vernon appeared in the Toronto Star on October 16th, 1918. -
Photo of William Vernon
A photo of Billy taken at Modern Studios, London, England -
Newspaper Clipping
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2008. -
Inscription
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Memorial
Captain William Vernon is remembered at the Vernon family memorial located at St. John's Norway Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper article about Captain Vernon -
Photo of WILLIAM VERNON
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain William Vernon
Digital gallery of
Captain William Vernon
Digital gallery of
Captain William Vernon
Digital gallery of
Captain William Vernon
Digital gallery of
Captain William Vernon
Digital gallery of
Captain William Vernon
Digital gallery of
Captain William Vernon
Digital gallery of
Captain William Vernon
Digital gallery of
Captain William Vernon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 516 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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