PENFOUND, WILLIAM GEORGE ( W G)



WILLIAM GEORGE PENFOUND ( W G)
1891-05-22
Petrolia, Ontario
138659
Corporal
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
1918-12-13
Died of wounds
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

Interesting Facts

Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Penfound, of Oil Springs, Ontario. Husband of Mrs. Elva Penfound of Inwood, Ontario. Born in Petrolia, Ontario on May 2nd, 1891. Worked as a labourer prior to enlisting in Toronto on July 7th, 1913, at the age of 22. He died in hospital of wounds sustained in battle on December 13, 1918 at the age of 27.

Images

Credit: Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; CEF Personnel Files; Reference: RG 150; Volume: Box 7716 - 29

Credit: Veterans Affairs Canada; The Canadian Virtual War Memorial. Retrieved from https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/497657

Credit: Veterans Affairs Canada; The Canadian Virtual War Memorial. Retrieved from https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/497657

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