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Personal data

• Name NEWELL
• Initials WR
• First name WILLIAM ROBERT
• Country Newfoundland
• Family Son of William Robert Newell
• Profession Labourer
• Extra info Husband of Matilda Newell, of 26, Thompson St., Toronto

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 2 September 1915, Niagara, Ontario
• Service number 163888
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st Coy. Canadian Machine Gun Corps
• Division - Brigade 1st Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.

Death

• Wounded Whilst on sentry duty with his gun, during operations at Passchendaele, he was severely wounded by shrapnel from an enemy shell.
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds in the head at n°3 Canadian CCS
• Date of death 9 November 1917
• Died at the age of 35
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXII - CC - 11

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