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Military service
Service number:
B/46
Age:
36
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Dragoons, R.C.A.C.
Division:
1st Armd. Car Regt.
Birth:
February 25, 1908
New York City, NY
Enlistment:
August 17, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
December 6, 1944
Pesaro, Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I, H, 68.
Additional information
Son of Mr. Paul and Mrs. Susan Chvala, of North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Brother of George and Lillian.
Additional citations
1939 - 1945 Star, Italy Star,Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Chvala
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Grave Markers
Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Identification
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Photo of WILLIAM CHVALA
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Correspondence
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Notification of death
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Other
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Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Chvala
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Chvala
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Chvala
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Chvala
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Chvala
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Chvala
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Chvala
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Chvala
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Chvala
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 273 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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