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Military service
Service number:
B/6472
Age:
28
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
1 Field Regt.
Birth:
August 25, 1916
Norfolk, Ontario
Death:
September 13, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II, H, 59.
Additional information
Son of A. Whitfield Smith and Mabel E. Smith, of Delhi, Ontario, Canada. Brother of Cecil Guy, Edna March and Ethel Smith.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.
Digital gallery of Gunner Basil Whitfield Smith
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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 -
Grave Markers
Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Basil Whitfield Smith
In Memory of the men from Norfolk County who gave their lives in World War II.<P> Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
In Memory of the men from Norfolk County who gave their lives in World War II.<P> 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
Gunner Basil Whitfield Smith
Digital gallery of
Gunner Basil Whitfield Smith
Digital gallery of
Gunner Basil Whitfield Smith
Digital gallery of
Gunner Basil Whitfield Smith
Digital gallery of
Gunner Basil Whitfield Smith
Digital gallery of
Gunner Basil Whitfield Smith
Digital gallery of
Gunner Basil Whitfield Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 445 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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