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Military service
Service number:
853247
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
July 25, 1897
Queensville, Ontario
Enlistment:
Barrie, Ontario
Death:
August 9, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. 27.
Additional information
Son of Henry G. and Alice Jane Boag, of Burwash, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William David Boag
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 299 of 762 -
Inscription
Inscription on the wall of Ecoivres Church near Arras, France. -
Grave Marker
William Boag's grave at Bouchoir New Military Cemetery -
Photo of William Boag
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Cenotaph
Barrie Cenotaph -
Memorial Street
Barrie street named in honour of Private William David Boag with a poppy. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William David Boag
Digital gallery of
Private William David Boag
Digital gallery of
Private William David Boag
Digital gallery of
Private William David Boag
Digital gallery of
Private William David Boag
Digital gallery of
Private William David Boag
Digital gallery of
Private William David Boag
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 370 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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