Lives of the First World War

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ID: 6026213

Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5208 - 30

Title: Canadian Attestation Papers

Description: At the time of their enrollment in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Officer’s completed a Declaration Paper, volunteers a two sided Attestation Paper and conscripts a single sided Enlistment form. They each contain brief details about the individual. Images supplied by Libraries and Archives Canada. This source was connected by Imperial War Museums.

UPP: GBM/CAN-ATT/502175

Credit: © Libraries and Archives Canada

Source information

ID: 7155187

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/250357/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/171365

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 9260198

Title: Grave marker - Brisbane and Kirwan

Description: at Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens . Both William Brisbane and Charles Kirwan share the same grave marker and died on the same day.

Connected by: Lizbet72994

Source information

ID: 9260214

Name: see URL

Title: Archived Circumstances of Death Card

Description: an image is also attached

Connected by: Lizbet72994

URL: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=pf868q7td101us1usidkvu8pl1&sqn=306&q2=28&q3=2312&tt=821
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ID: 9260217

Title: Circumstances of death card

Description: Official notification of how Charles was killed

Connected by: Lizbet72994

Source information

ID: 9260253

Name: see URL

Title: PDF of service records for C.E.F

Description: digitised records

Connected by: Lizbet72994

URL: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B5208-S030
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