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Military service
Service number:
H/19751
Age:
37
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
October 8, 1904
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
Enlistment:
September 18, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
C. 53.
Additional information
Cousin of Private William Viznaugh who died on September 15, 1916, while serving with the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.) and Private Archibald James Viznaugh who died on September 15, 1916, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Benjamin Linklater
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Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
Della and William. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery located approximately 5 km. from the beach of Dieppe, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of William Benjamin Linklater
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Benjamin Linklater
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Benjamin Linklater
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Benjamin Linklater
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Benjamin Linklater
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Benjamin Linklater
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Benjamin Linklater
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Benjamin Linklater
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Benjamin Linklater
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Benjamin Linklater
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 90 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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