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Military service
Service number:
644154
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
December 26, 1898
London, England
Enlistment:
May 23, 1916
Orillia, Ontario
Death:
November 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Ella Rowell of Coldwater, Ontario.
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Menin Gate
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Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Newspaper Clipping
Pte. Alexander Dunkin was mentioned in this newspaper article about his friend Pte. George Arthur Woods, 644034. Dunkin enlisted in the 157th Battalion in Coldwater, Ontario, on May 23rd, 1916. -
Article
In honoured memory. -
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 527 of 1062.
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Private Alexander Dunkin
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Private Alexander Dunkin
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Dunkin
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Private Alexander Dunkin
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Private Alexander Dunkin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 231 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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