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Military service
Service number:
65292
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
24th Bn.
Birth:
August 5, 1880
Death:
September 17, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Dunbar; husband of Catherine Ross (formerly Dunbar), of 278, McCord St., Montreal, P.Q.
Digital gallery of Private William John Dunbar
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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 363 of 1062. Body not recovered for burial. -
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 Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William John Dunbar
Digital gallery of
Private William John Dunbar
Digital gallery of
Private William John Dunbar
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 80 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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