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Military service
Service number:
B/79343
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Irish Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
September 13, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II, G, 1 1 .
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Zoe Pirie, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; husband of Amelia M. Pirie, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private John Robert Pirie
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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 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of John Robert Pirie
This is John Robert, known as Jack Pirie He is my grandfather on my father's side. -
Photo of John Robert Pirie
This is my father's father. When he was deployed my grandmother was pregnant with my father. He was killed in September of 1944 and never had the chance to meet my dad. I made a trip to Italy to see his grave stone. I was so impressed with the state of the Cemetery. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private John Robert Pirie
Digital gallery of
Private John Robert Pirie
Digital gallery of
Private John Robert Pirie
Digital gallery of
Private John Robert Pirie
Digital gallery of
Private John Robert Pirie
Digital gallery of
Private John Robert Pirie
Digital gallery of
Private John Robert Pirie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 418 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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