Pte
WIlliam Murdoch
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 20/04/1895 |
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Place of birth: Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
General information
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Profession: Tinsmith |
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Religion: Presbyterian |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 799426 |
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Units: — Canadian Infantry, 19th Bn. (Central Ontario) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 10/11/1917 |
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Place of death: Passchendaele, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 22 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30. |
Points of interest 2
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| #2 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
"Killed in Action." While asleep in a "funk hole" in a trench South of Passchendaele, the enemy opened up a heavy bombardment on that part of the line, and a shell exploding in close proximity to were he was sleeping buried him. Parties were immediately set to work to dig him out but when found life was extinct.
More information 2
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1594833 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=a13edad6-6418-4d69-aeca-c228c3ee9c64 |