Lt
Digby Alfred Smith
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 24/08/1881 |
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Place of birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Lieutenant |
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Service number: / |
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Units: — Canadian Infantry, 78th Bn. (Winnipeg Grenadiers) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 01/11/1917 |
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Age: 36 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 30 stone U |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
| #1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 9027 - 6). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
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War diaries: 78th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4943, Microfilm reel number: T-10751, File number: 453). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1596086 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=9e8b64ac-1da2-4bc7-a1f6-10156c8ee92c |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5712444 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1596086 |