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William James Enright
In memory of:
Captain William James Enright
June 27, 1918
Military Service
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Army
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Brought to notice of Secretary of State for War for valuable Services rendered in connection with the War. (War office 7 August 1917)
Additional Information
February 19, 1873
Port Daniel, Gaspésie, Quebec
June 29, 1915
Quebec, Quebec
Son of Thomas Enright and Isabel McPherson (deceased in 1909), and husband of Margaret Doyle, of Port Daniel Gaspésie. He served at the front as doctor of the 22nd Battalion from 11 to 28 September 1915, when he was severely wounded to a leg. His unit had just finished its first time in the trenches and he had just met his replacement. After a long convalescence in England, he then served with 8 General Hospital, from 17 May to 27 June 1918, the day he died when the hospital ship HMHS Llandovery Castle was torpedoed on a return trip from Halifax to England.
Father of Third Mate James Gerald Enright, who died on November 23, 1941, while serving with the Canadian Merchant Navy.
Commemorated on Page 404 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
V. G. 8.
Sangatte is a village situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and touches the western side of the town of Calais. The Communal Cemetery at Les Baraques lies about 5 kilometres from Sangatte village. LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY is an extension of the Communal Cemetery at its western end.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Honour Roll – From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926. -
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