2nd Lt
William Miller Geggie
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 18/08/1893 |
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Place of birth: Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada |
General information
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Last known residence: 107 Jameson Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Profession: Law Student |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Second Lieutenant |
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Service number: 82057 |
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Enlistment date: 17/03/1916 |
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Enlistment place: Shorncliffe, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
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Units: — Machine Gun Corps, 227th Coy. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 04/10/1917 |
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Place of death: Langemarck, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 24 |
Cemetery
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Canada Farm Cemetery Plot: 3 Row: D Grave: 5 |
Points of interest 2
| #1 | Place of birth | ||
| #2 | Place of death (approximate) |
Sources 1
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3464-13). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx 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/435707 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=e01b04bb-8f94-4954-b3b8-4ab0159f6017 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1321412 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/435707 |