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Military service
Service number:
187755
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Birth:
September 29, 1896
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
November 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. G. 25.
Additional information
Son of Edwin and Lena Blackburn, of Strathclair, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private William Joseph Blackburn
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 467 of 734 -
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Record of Service
Memorial from the Great War 1914-1918: a record of service published by the Bank of Montreal 1921. -
Bank of Montreal Memorial
Memorial from the Great War 1914-1918: a record of service published by the Bank of Montreal 1921. -
Photo of William Joseph Blackburn
From Memorial from the Great War 1914-1918: a record of service published by the Bank of Montreal 1921. -
Biography
From Memorial from the Great War 1914-1918: a record of service published by the Bank of Montreal 1921.
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Blackburn
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Blackburn
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Blackburn
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Blackburn
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Blackburn
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph Blackburn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 202 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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