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Roll of Honour

John Harold Deans

LIEUTENANT DEANS, born at Cleveland, Ohio, July 19, 1896. Home in Orillia, Ontario. Joined Orillia branch, August 23, 1915. Enlisted from Orillia branch, in the 162nd Battalion, May 1, 1916. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps. Killed in action near West Roocbeke, near Ypres, about November 7, 1917.

Jacques Valleton De Boissiere

SECOND-LIEUTENANT DE BOISSIERE, born at Port of Spain, Trinidad, April 18, 1896. Joined Port of Spain branch, July 6, 1912. Enlisted from Port of Spain branch, in the 8th Battalion, 4th Contingent, British West Indies Regiment, April 28, 1917. Present at Ypres. Died of pneumonia at Taranto, Italy.

John Joseph Delaney

PRIVATE DELANEY, born at Liverpool, England, August 9, 1891. Joined Toronto, Ontario branch, March 27, 1913. Enlisted from Toronto branch, in the 15th Battalion, August 15, 1914. Reported missing for over a year and then declared dead.

Paul Jean Destrube

PRIVATE DESTRUBE, born at London, England, December 26, 1891. Joined Edmonton, Alberta branch, November 19, 1913. Left Edmonton in August 1914, for England. Enlisted in London in the 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, September 1914. Present at Cambrai, Vermeilles, Festubert, Givenchy, Souchez, Vimy Ridge, Delville Wood, Hebuterne, Beaumont, Courcelette, Miraumont. Recommended for commission. Killed in action at Petit Miraumont, February 17, 1917.

John James Doble

LIEUTENANT DOBLE, born at Sunderland, Ontario, May 9, 1882. Home in Sunderland. Joined the Northern Crown Bank, 1906. Enlisted from Swift Current, Saskatchewan branch, in the 116th Battalion, December 1915. Killed in action at Vimy Ridge, April 11, 1917.

Andrew Thomas Dow

PRIVATE DOW, born at Airnkilly, Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland, May 29, 1891. Home in Bankfoot, Perthshire, Scotland. Served with the Bank of Scotland four years. Joined Winnipeg, Manitoba branch, December 1, 1911. Enlisted from Winnipeg branch, in the 10th Battalion, November 14, 1914 (Fort Garry Horse, 32nd Battalion). Killed in action at Festubert, May 21, 1915.

Nelson Patrick Doyle

PRIVATE DOYLE, born at Wardsville, Ontario, April 21, 1898. Home in Walkerville, Ontario. Joined Rodney, Ontario branch, November 24, 1915. Enlisted from Rodney branch, in the 91st Battalion, as Stretcher-Bearer, February 25, 1916. Present at the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Arras, Fresnoy, Cambrai. Recommended for honours several times. Killed in action between Inchy and Cagnicourt, September 3, 1918.

John Rutherford Duff

PRIVATE DUFF, born at Carberry, Manitoba, June 27, 1892. Home in Davidson, Saskatchewan. Joined Northern Crown Bank in 1909. Enlisted from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan branch, in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry on March 15, 1916. Killed in action at Neuville, St. Vaast, France, about November 29, 1916.

Joseph Clynch Campbell Duncan

PRIVATE DUNCAN, born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 4, 1895. Home in Kentville, Nova Scotia. Joined Wolfville, Nova Scotia branch, June 20, 1911. Enlisted from Saint John, New Brunswick branch, in the 115th Battalion, February 16, 1916. Present at Vimy Ridge. Died in hospital at Wimcraux, February 4, 1918, from wounds received in September 1917.

William Arthur Peel Durie

CAPTAIN DURIE, born at Toronto, Ontario, April 7, 1881. Joined the Traders Bank of Canada, Toronto, July 1899. Enlisted from Toronto branch, in the 58th Battalion, May 27, 1915. Present at Ypres, Vimy Ridge, Avion, Passchendaele, Hill 70. Wounded at Ypres, May 1916. Killed near Lens, December 29, 1917.

 

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