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George Edward McDavid

In memory of:

Trooper George Edward McDavid

November 29, 1957
Rafah, Egypt

Military Service


Service Number:

SG 12420

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Citation(s):

Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF), Dag Hammarskjöld Medal

Additional Information


Born:

August 4, 1935
Matapedia, Quebec

Enlistment:

July 8, 1953
Fredericton, New Brunswick

Son of Price Edward and Doris McDavid of Matapedia, Quebec. Brother of Milton, Clifford, Alexander, Lorne, Joan, Gloria, Baden and Lance Corporal Wesley McDavid, G/22747, killed in action July 4, 1944.

Commemorated on Page 84 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Plot 16 Row B Grave 7

Location:

MOASCAR WAR CEMETERY is situated just off the main Ismailia-Cairo road, 10 kilometres by road from Ismailia. The cemetery is contained within an army camp, 3 kilometres along Treaty Road.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave marker– Photo courtesy of Thomas Skelding
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Camp Borden War Memorial
  • Inscription
  • In Remembrance
  • Photo of George Edward McDavid

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