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Military service
Service number:
161308
Age:
34
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
June 1, 1882
Death:
September 27, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. B. 2.
Additional information
Son of Henry and Martha Donnelly, of Calgary, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private William Herbert Donnelly
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Coupure de presse
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
part 2 From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 169 of 1076. He was buried North of Courcelette, 5 ½ miles North East of Albert. Subsequently, his body was exhumed and buried in COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY.
Digital gallery of
Private William Herbert Donnelly
Digital gallery of
Private William Herbert Donnelly
Digital gallery of
Private William Herbert Donnelly
Digital gallery of
Private William Herbert Donnelly
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 79 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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