Military service
Service number:
405530
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
September 16, 1891
Friockheim, Scotland
Enlistment:
April 5, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 20, 1918
Burial/memorial information
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Son of David and Christina Birrell, of Carsegour, Kinross, Scotland. Brother of Private William Renton Birrell who died on October 2, 1916 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private David Wishart Birrell
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Photo of David Wishart Birrell
Served with the 35th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Cemetery
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Grave marker
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Private David Wishart Birrell
Digital gallery of
Private David Wishart Birrell
Digital gallery of
Private David Wishart Birrell
Digital gallery of
Private David Wishart Birrell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 369 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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