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Military service
Service number:
444725
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
60th Bn.
Birth:
May 20, 1888
Saint John, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
June 2, 1915
Sussex, New Brunswick
Death:
June 3, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 30
Additional information
Brother of Mrs. Frazer Thorburn of Stanley, York County, New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Private William Henry Best
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bernard to Binyon. Mircoform Sequence 9; Volume Number 31829_B016719; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 153 Page 243 of 652 -
Inscription on Menin Gate Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Headstone of John Best Sr and his wife, Martha with a memorial to their son: William H (1888 - 1916) Killed on Active Service
Digital gallery of
Private William Henry Best
Digital gallery of
Private William Henry Best
Digital gallery of
Private William Henry Best
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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