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Military service
Service number:
455749
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
21st Bn.
Birth:
October 15, 1897
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Abraham and Mary Street of Brewers Mills, Ontario.
Brother of Private Vernon Street, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private William Dempster Street
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Gananoque Remembers
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P> -
Memorial Page
Vernon Street is honoured on page 47 and 48 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005. -
Memorial Page 2
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Gananoque War Memorial - Gananoque, Ontario.
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Family memorial card
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Photo of the Street Family
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Newspaper clipping
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Inscription
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World War I Memorial
WWI Plaque Christ (Anglican) Church, Gananoque, ON -
Photo of WILLIAM DEMPSTER STREET
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the British Whig, a Kingston, Ontario newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Dempster Street
Digital gallery of
Private William Dempster Street
Digital gallery of
Private William Dempster Street
Digital gallery of
Private William Dempster Street
Digital gallery of
Private William Dempster Street
Digital gallery of
Private William Dempster Street
Digital gallery of
Private William Dempster Street
Digital gallery of
Private William Dempster Street
Digital gallery of
Private William Dempster Street
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 169 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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