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• Name SAUNDERS
• Initials WG
• First name WILLIAM GEORGE
• Place of birth Dublin
• Country Ireland
• Family Son of Jane Saunders, of Woodroffe; Husband of Mary E. Saunders, of 270, Nepeau St., Ottawa.
• Profession Engineer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 2 August 1915, Vernon, British Columbia
• Service number 463186
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 3rd Bn. Canadian Pioneers
• Division - Brigade Pioneers
• Army - Corps - Division 3rd Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.

Death

• Wounded While acting as a guide to a brigade, he was wounded in the head by shrapnel.
• Type of wounds Died of wounds at n°10 CCS.
• Date of death 8 June 1916
• Died at the age of 39
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VII - C - 6A

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