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Joined the 126th Battalion, CEF, in Toronto, Ontario, on 13 December 1915 (number 775399) – taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 4 or 6 December 1916 – killed in action on 9 April 1917 – name inscribed on the Vimy Memorial, France.
(Updated with a photo of Pte Thorogood's inscription on the Vimy Memorial that I took in August 2012).
(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, “Debt of Honour” register, www.cwgc.org)
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