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Military service
Service number:
163531
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
October 14, 1886
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 23, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Wilbur John Brookes
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Newspaper Clipping
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Wilbur John Brookes
Digital gallery of
Private Wilbur John Brookes
Digital gallery of
Private Wilbur John Brookes
Digital gallery of
Private Wilbur John Brookes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 59 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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