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  • ALLAN
  • WJ
  • WILLIAM JAMES
  • Glasgow
  • Lanarkshire (Scotland)
  • Son of William and Jane Allan, of 57, Dagmar St., Winnipeg.
  • Checker

Military service

  • 439721
  • Private
  • 52nd Bn. North Ontario Regiment
  • 9th Brigade
  • 3rd Canadian Division
  • C.E.F.

Death

  • This soldier belonged to No.16 Platoon, which was holding a strong point near Hill 60 when the 52nd was in support to the 60th Battalion. The officer in charge asked for two scouts to go out a short distance to get some information, Allan being one of the two. A shell burst near them, inflicting shrapnel wounds.
  • Died of shrapnel wounds in the arm and right leg at n°10 CCS.
  • 13 August 1916
  • 21
  • VIII - D - 43A

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