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The following information was compiled by
Thomas J Hunter who would like to dedicate this data to the memory of
his second cousin,
Private Wilfred Laurier
HUNTER,
Service # 453052, Age 19. He was Killed in Action at Courcelette,
Somme
,
France
on
the 26th of September, 1916
while serving with the Canadian Machine Gun Corps and is buried in the
Courcelette British Cemetery, France, in Grave # V. F. 8. He was the son
of Alexander James Hunter and Susan (Stewart) Hunter of 34 Millbrook
Crescent, Toronto, Ontario. |
We would like to emphasise that this data
is a User Guide Only and can be checked, and the actual pages down
loaded, from the Primary Source for this data at the following sites;
National Archive of
Canada Web site: Soldiers
of the First World War (1914-1918)
http://www.archives.ca/02/02010602_e.html
Over 600,000 Canadians enlisted in the
Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War
(1914-1918). The CEF database is an index to those personnel files,
which are held by the National Archives. To date, over 350,000 images of
Attestation papers have been scanned and are being made available
on-line.
Veteran Affairs
Canada Web site: CANADIAN VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIAL
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem
This site contains a registry of
information about the graves and memorials of more than 116,000
Canadians and Newfoundlanders who served valiantly and gave their lives
for their country. The site also contains digital images of photographs
and personal memorabilia about individual Canadians. The purpose of the
Canadian Virtual War Memorial is to recognize and keep alive the memory
of the achievements and sacrifices of Canadian citizens who have served
in the defence of freedom and so have contributed to the development of
Canada
as a nation.
This information has not been subject to
any editing other than the authors own efforts so errors may be present.
There may be duplicate entries for some individuals if a man enlisted
more than once and was given a new service number.
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