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Private WILLIAM LAIRD

Service Number: 829285
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

44th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

VII. D. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William Laird, of Yenda, New South Wales, Australia. Native of Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOR
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Buried or commemorated at

DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1439
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