Medal, CEF, WW1 Victory Medal to 7th Canadian Inf. McNeil, Died ex Vancouver BC

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Medal, CEF, WW1 Victory Medal to 7th Canadian Infantry, Died of Wounds
Named in impressed capitals to :
428547 Pte. J. O’Neill. 7-Can. Inf.
William Alexander McNeill/James O’Neill enlisted under the latter name as an alias. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in September 1887. O’Neill served during the Great War with the 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and died of wounds, 30 March 1916. The CEF Burial Registers gives - ‘Died of Wounds - whilst with his Company in the support trenches on March 29th 1916, he was wounded by shrapnel from enemy shell. He was immediately taken to No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station, where he died the next day.’ Private O’Neill is buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.
– NEF, some verdigris -
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