In memory of

Private

William Alexander Anderson

who died on 29 Aug 1918

Service details
  Conflict WWI
  Service Army
  Unit 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles, Saskatchewan Regiment
  Rank Private
  Service number 1069183
  Date of death 19180829
  Cause of death died of wounds
Narrative history
  069183 Private (1st Canadian Mounted Rifles, Saskatchewan Regiment) William Alexander Anderson (b.1898) of Hubbard died 19180829 of gunshot wounds to the thigh and a fractured leg sustained at Monchy-le-Preux and is buried at Ligny-Saint-Flochel British cemetery west of Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France. William was the son of Mrs. A. Cummingham of Carlyle, where he was born, and was teaching school when he enlisted in the 249th Battalion at Melville late in 1916.
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Attestation
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Carlyle memorial plaque
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 246 - Ituna Bon Accord
  Cemetery or memorial location Ligny-Saint-Flochel British cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Carlyle
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Personal information
  Date of birth 18981205
  Place of birth Carlyle    
  Date of enlistment 19161028
  Place of enlistment Melville    
  Residence on enlistment Hubbard    
  Occupation teacher
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