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Military service
Service number:
2020499
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Birth:
September 5, 1898
Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
December 28, 1917
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
September 29, 1918
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 11.
Additional information
Son of Richard and Bessie Owen, of Mount Lehman, British Columbia. Born in England.
Digital gallery of Private William Openshaw Owen
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Memorial
Cenotaph at Abbotsford, B.C. Photo courtesy of Abby Chan -
Attestation Papers
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Attestation Papers
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Grave Marker
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Bourlon Wood Cemetery Memorial Plaque
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Bourlon Wood Cemetery
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Bourlon Wood Cemetery
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Bourlon Wood Cemetery Memorial
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Bourlon Wood Cemetery Memorial
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Bourlon Wood Cemetery Memorial
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Bourlon Wood Cemetery
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Bourlon Wood Cemetery
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Bourlon Wood Cemetery
Digital gallery of
Private William Openshaw Owen
Digital gallery of
Private William Openshaw Owen
Digital gallery of
Private William Openshaw Owen
Digital gallery of
Private William Openshaw Owen
Digital gallery of
Private William Openshaw Owen
Digital gallery of
Private William Openshaw Owen
Digital gallery of
Private William Openshaw Owen
Digital gallery of
Private William Openshaw Owen
Digital gallery of
Private William Openshaw Owen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 481 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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