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• Name FARRINGTON
• Initials W
• First name WILLIAM
• Place of birth Accrington
• Country Lancashire, England
• Last residence Canada
• Family Son of Jeremiah and Isabella Farrington, of 38, Amey St., Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.A; fourth of six children; his brothers and sisters: Sarah Ann, Arthur, Jeremiah, Frances and John;
• Profession Moulder
• Extra info Father died in 1903; mother remarried and the family left England in 1909

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 14 January 1916, Montreal
• Service number 347482
• Rank Gunner
• Regiment and unit 3rd Can. Div. Ammunition Sub Park Canadian Army Service Corps
• Attached or transferred from Canadian Field Artillery

Death

• Type of wounds Accidental: died of bomb splinter in the eye, in n°17 CCS
• Date of death 19 August 1916
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IX - C - 12A

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