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Military service
Service number:
C/120221
Age:
19
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
June 2, 1925
Port Hope, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 25, 1942
Kingston, Ontario
Death:
August 10, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. D. 3.
Additional information
Son of Charles E. and Annie M. Silverthorne, of Trenton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Elmer Silverthorne
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Gravemarker
This photo of Rfn Silverthorne's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C in June 1997. -
Photo of Elmer Silverthorne
Son of Charlie and Annie Silverthorne. Brother to Clarence (Doris) Silverthorne and Doreen (Alvin) Paterson.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Elmer Silverthorne
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Elmer Silverthorne
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Commemorated on:
Page 443 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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