Military service
Service number:
739096
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
December 30, 1895
Selkirk, Ontario
Enlistment:
February 19, 1916
Cayuga, Ontario
Death:
November 8, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. E. 4.
Additional information
Son of David and Angelina V. Duff, of Cayuga, Ontario. Wounded at Vimy Ridge April 9th, 1917.
Digital gallery of Private William Selkirk Duff
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Photo of William Selkirk Duff
Snapshot of Private Duff preparing to leave for France. -
Funeral Announcement for William Selkirk Duff
Funeral announcement prepared by his family in Ontario for Private Duff. -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Duane to Dzhobiewski. Microform Sequence 30; Volume Number 31829_B016739. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 174. Page 159 of 1062.
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Private William Selkirk Duff
Digital gallery of
Private William Selkirk Duff
Digital gallery of
Private William Selkirk Duff
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 231 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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