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Military service
Service number:
B/36948
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
Division:
1st Battalion
Birth:
November 16, 1907
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 10, 1939
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
July 25, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. H. 13.
Additional information
Son of William and Sarah Elizabeth Shields, of Hamilton, Ontario. Husband of Olive Bates Shields, of Hamilton, Ontario. Father of Norma Helen, Barbara Ann and Donald Joseph. Brother of William, Charles Joseph, Daniel Patrick and Lillian Maude.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private George Luke Shields
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Newspaper Clipping
Source HAMILTON SPECTATOR, August 14, 1944 -
Press Clipping
Source: Hamilton Spectator August 8, 1944 -
Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Luke Shields
Digital gallery of
Private George Luke Shields
Digital gallery of
Private George Luke Shields
Digital gallery of
Private George Luke Shields
Digital gallery of
Private George Luke Shields
Digital gallery of
Private George Luke Shields
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 442 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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