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Military service
Service number:
177537
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
May 21, 1894
Death:
November 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Arthur Ellis, husband of Minnie Maud Perkins (formerly Ellis, nee Miles), of Montreal.
Digital gallery of Private William John Ellis
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of WILLIAM JOHN ELLIS
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William John Ellis
Digital gallery of
Private William John Ellis
Digital gallery of
Private William John Ellis
Digital gallery of
Private William John Ellis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 83 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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