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Military service
Service number:
150543
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
February 3, 1898
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William J. and Sarah Passmore, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William John Passmore
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping 2
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Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Photo submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 79th Bn (Manitoba) CEF. Private Passmore was originally a member of the 79th Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Photo submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Group Photo
This photo is of the men from Elgin, Manitoba who were members of the 79th Overseas Batallion during WWI. Of the 19 men in this photo, the following 9 men died in action during the war: Frank James, Clifford Honeyman, John Spratt, Reuben Wilson, Edward Thorpe, William Passmore, Charles Webster, Kenneth Conacher, and William Marshall. -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) Memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. The memorial commemorates the unit’s actions on 26 September 1916 when they attacked Regina Trench during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge. The memorial honours all members of the unit who took part in the Somme offensive of 1916. Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Photo of WILLIAM JOHN PASSMORE
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William John Passmore
Digital gallery of
Private William John Passmore
Digital gallery of
Private William John Passmore
Digital gallery of
Private William John Passmore
Digital gallery of
Private William John Passmore
Digital gallery of
Private William John Passmore
Digital gallery of
Private William John Passmore
Digital gallery of
Private William John Passmore
Digital gallery of
Private William John Passmore
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 145 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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