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Military service
Service number:
77292
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
October 7, 1893
Death:
July 30, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. A. 160.
Additional information
Son of John and Elizabeth McArthur, of Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private William McArthur
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Memorial
War Memorial, Fernie and District, British Columbia. Dedicated by Lord Byng on May 24th, 1922. Inscribed: ERECTED TO PERPETUATE OUR HONOURED DEAD AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON IN THE GREAT WAR FROM FERNIE B.C. AND DISTRICT. -
Inscription
Detail of statue and names listed on the War Memorial for Fernie and District, British Columbia. -
Photo of WILLIAM MCARTHUR
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Private William McArthur
Digital gallery of
Private William McArthur
Digital gallery of
Private William McArthur
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 122 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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