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Son of John and Mary Finnie, of Salem, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William John Finnie
Digital gallery of
Private William John Finnie
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William John Finnie
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William John Finnie
The following group portrait of No. 2 Section, B Company, 19th Battalion C.E.F. appeared in the Toronto Star on January 19th, 1915. Pte. William John Finnie is the third man from the left in the back row. Finnie was born in Elora, Ontario, and enlisted in Toronto on November 10th, 1914.
Digital gallery of
Private William John Finnie
From the London Free Press December 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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The following group portrait of No. 2 Section, B Company, 19th Battalion C.E.F. appeared in the Toronto Star on January 19th, 1915. Pte. William John Finnie is the third man from the left in the back row. Finnie was born in Elora, Ontario, and enlisted in Toronto on November 10th, 1914.
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From the London Free Press December 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 14 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium
LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY is located 8 Km west of Ieper town centre on the N304 Klijtseweg, a road leading from the N375 Dikkebuseweg, connecting Ieper to Dikkebus, Klijte and on to Loker.
From Ieper town centre the Dikkebusseweg (N375) is located via Elverdingsestraat, straight over a roundabout onto J.Capronstraat (for 30 metres), then left along M.Fochlaan. Immediately after the train station, the first right hand turning is the Dikkebusseweg.
7 Km along the Dikkebuseweg lies the village of Klijte and the right hand turning at the roundabout just before the village leads onto the N304 Klijtseweg. LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY lies 100 metres after this right hand turning on the left hand side of the road.
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