L/Cpl
Walter Peter Anderson
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 25/10/1896 |
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Place of birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
General information
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Profession: Accountant |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Lance Corporal |
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Service number: 907569 |
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Enlistment date: 30/03/1916 |
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Enlistment place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
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Units: — Canadian Infantry, 102nd Bn. (Central Ontario) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 17/11/1917 |
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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: 21 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 30T |
Points of interest 3
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| #3 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
On the 16th of November the 102nd Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) moved forward by platoons tot he front line, relieving the 87th Battalion. The Headquarter was located at Hillside Farm (D17 b0.8.). On the 17th of November D Company, located at approximately D6 a85.90, lost 7 men from one shell burst. The whole morning there was heavy enemy fire, and the 102nd Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) lost 12 men. Another 22 were wounded.
Sources 3
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Circumstances of death http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/ Sources used |
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Service Records http://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 - 102nd Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4944, Microfilm reel number: T-10752, File number: 456). 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/921818 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=7db0fd81-d3da-45c9-96ce-f150d609e872 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5543756 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/921818 |