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Military service
Service number:
294
Age:
25
Rank:
Driver
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
2nd Div. Ammunition Col.
Birth:
December 19, 1890
England
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 2.
Additional information
Son of Thomas William and Jessie Birkett, of Dixie, Ontario. Born England.
Digital gallery of Driver Walter George Birkett
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 109 of 734 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Driver Walter George Birkett
Digital gallery of
Driver Walter George Birkett
Digital gallery of
Driver Walter George Birkett
Digital gallery of
Driver Walter George Birkett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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