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Military service
Service number:
135256
Age:
41
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
March 18, 1875
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 5, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of the late Alfred and Amelia Averill; husband of Bessie Averill, of 12, Winfield Avenue, West Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Averill
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Inscription on Menin Gate
Inscription on the Menin Gate, August 2012, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Menin Gate
Menin Gate, October 2009, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Panel 10 Menin Gate
Panel 10 of the Menin Gate, August 2012, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Newspaper clipping
Brothers Harry and Harold White (Orangeville)...both killed in WW1 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Averill
Digital gallery of
Private William Averill
Digital gallery of
Private William Averill
Digital gallery of
Private William Averill
Digital gallery of
Private William Averill
Digital gallery of
Private William Averill
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 49 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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