Wagar, William Herbert: Service no. 746140

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Source: Per email from D. B.which included a picture post card of him and his family.

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Family Search: When William Herbert Wagar was born on 13 May 1888, in Deseronto, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Henry Wagar, was 28 and his mother, Eva Eliza Schrimshaw, was 22. He married Elizabeth Victoria Cairns on 11 September 1911, in Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1922. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 28, his occupation is listed as printer in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died on 6 September 1961, at the age of 73, and was buried in Dryden Baptist Cemetery, Whitby, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

Reg number	746140
Name	Wagar, William Herbert
Rank	Lance Corporal
Year of Birth	3/2/1905
Date of Death
Cemetery
Cemetery location
Country of birth	Canada
Home Country	Canada
City born	Deseronto, ON
Address	nassau St, Oshawa, ON
Enlistment Date	1/17/1916
Drafted?
Enlistment place	Oshawa
Origin Unit	116th Battalion
Pre war Unit	34th Regiment
Final Bn	18th
Ship	SS Olympic
Date in England	7/31/1916
Date in France
Date w 116	1/17/1916
Left 116th	10/5/1916
Married	yes
Occupation	printer
Wounded date
Wound type/Death particuolars	hernia
KIA
DOW
Died other
Missing/Presumed Dead
Wounded
Sick	yes
PTSD
Medals
Vimy
Vimy area
Raid
Hill 70	yes
Pass
Amiens
Parvillers
Boiry
Canal
Other
Unit History	116th to 18th
Other details	D Coy, appointed lance corporal, 1 day
Field Punishment	yes
FP Details	FR – disposing field dressing without an order from an officer
Gravestone
Underage
Medically Unit
Deserter
Undesirable
Casualty Description