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Military service
Service number:
G/51517
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Division:
1 Base Reinforcement Depot
Birth:
March 5, 1912
Saint John, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
April 29, 1942
Saint John, New Brunswick
Death:
August 16, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. G. 2.
Additional information
Son of William and Rita Richards.
Digital gallery of Private William Arthur Richards
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Gravemarker
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Ex MCpl Gallant and MWO Day at the Border
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Bone War Cemetary (Constantine)
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Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) newspaper. c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Richards
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Richards
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Richards
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Richards
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Richards
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 207 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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