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Military service
Service number:
H/17810
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Death:
July 20, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
32. I. 2.
Additional information
Son of Mike and Mary Boak, of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.
Digital gallery of Private William Boak
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
Source: Globe and Mail, July 23, 1942 -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM BOAK
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of William Boak
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Boak
Digital gallery of
Private William Boak
Digital gallery of
Private William Boak
Digital gallery of
Private William Boak
Digital gallery of
Private William Boak
Digital gallery of
Private William Boak
Digital gallery of
Private William Boak
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 59 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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