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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
901870
Age:
22
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
85th Bn.
Birth:
January 27, 1895
Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
March 31, 1916
Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. B. 30.
Additional information
Son of Lelia and John Courtney of Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal William Arthur Courtney
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Grave marker
Grave Marker Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cemetery … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CORBI to COZNI. Microform Sequence 23; Volume Number 31829_B016732. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 167. Page 559 of 900.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Arthur Courtney
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Arthur Courtney
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Arthur Courtney
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Arthur Courtney
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Arthur Courtney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 221 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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