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A fine Collection of Medals to the 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers), C.E.F.
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Pair: Private W. McA. Vokins, 78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was wounded in September 1917, and subsequently killed in action near Passchendaele in October 1917
British War and Victory Medals (625160 Pte. W. M. Vokins. 78-Can. Inf.) extremely fine (2) £60-£80
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William McArthur Vokins, Private, 78th Canadian Infantry, served with the 78th from 8 March 1917. He was wounded by a gunshot in the right arm on 1 September 1917, and killed in action near Passchendaele on 30 October 1917, aged 29. He was a farmer from Lashburn, Saskatchewan, son of Mary Vokins, of Ramsbury, Wiltshire, and is commemorated by name on the Menin Gate Memorial. Sold with copied record of service and modern photograph of memorial panel.
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Pair: Private W. McA. Vokins, 78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was wounded in September 1917, and subsequently killed in action near Passchendaele in October 1917
British War and Victory Medals (625160 Pte. W. M. Vokins. 78-Can. Inf.) extremely fine (2) £60-£80
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William McArthur Vokins, Private, 78th Canadian Infantry, served with the 78th from 8 March 1917. He was wounded by a gunshot in the right arm on 1 September 1917, and killed in action near Passchendaele on 30 October 1917, aged 29. He was a farmer from Lashburn, Saskatchewan, son of Mary Vokins, of Ramsbury, Wiltshire, and is commemorated by name on the Menin Gate Memorial. Sold with copied record of service and modern photograph of memorial panel.
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