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Military service
Service number:
F/7072
Age:
26
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Birth:
June 4, 1915
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
October 3, 1939
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Death:
May 7, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 4. Row 7. Grave 16.
Additional information
Son of Barney and Gertrude Holden, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Gunner William Desmond Holden
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Grave Marker
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Biography
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Photo of William Holden
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Grave marker
Hey Gunny, I thought you might want these. I'll love you always grandpa
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Desmond Holden
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Desmond Holden
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Desmond Holden
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Desmond Holden
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 82 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GANDER CEMETERY Newfoundland, Canada
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