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Military service
Service number:
862925
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
December 1, 1895
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Charles A. and Gertrude Bleil, of 158, Oakcrest Avenue, Toronto.
Brother of Private Albert Edward Bleil, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Charles Oscar Bleil
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Oscar Bleil
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Oscar Bleil
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Oscar Bleil
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Oscar Bleil
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Oscar Bleil
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Oscar Bleil
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Oscar Bleil
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Oscar Bleil
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Oscar Bleil
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 203 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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