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Military service
Service number:
669326
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
September 13, 1891
Death:
September 24, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private William James Parnega
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Attestation Papers
Circumstances of Death- Private William James Parnega -
Newspaper Clipping
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War Memorial
Barrie, Ontario Cenotaph Innisfil Memorial -
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) -
Street
Innisfil street named in honour of Private William John Parnga (Perneigia) of. Cookstown with a poppy. -
Memorial Park
Cookstown Memorial Park -
Memorial
Cookstown Cenotaph -
Memorial
Cookstown Cenotaph
Digital gallery of
Private William James Parnega
Digital gallery of
Private William James Parnega
Digital gallery of
Private William James Parnega
Digital gallery of
Private William James Parnega
Digital gallery of
Private William James Parnega
Digital gallery of
Private William James Parnega
Digital gallery of
Private William James Parnega
Digital gallery of
Private William James Parnega
Digital gallery of
Private William James Parnega
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 145 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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