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Military service
Service number:
190146
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
September 28, 1893
Death:
November 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Frank H. and Ida A. Haight, of Aylmer West, Ontario.
Brother of Private Clark Leslie Haight, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private William Henry Haight
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Inscription
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) -
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) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private William Henry Haight
Digital gallery of
Private William Henry Haight
Digital gallery of
Private William Henry Haight
Digital gallery of
Private William Henry Haight
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 97 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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