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Military service
Age:
31
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Death:
March 6, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. G. 9.
Additional information
Son of Robert Edward and Effie May Childs; husband of Helen B. Childs, of New Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Captain Edward Mack Childs
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Photo of Edward Mack Childs
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Entrance
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Edward Mack served during the Italy campaign. Before he was with the Highland Light Infantry of Canada. He disembarked in France on February 27, 1945 and died instantly during a car crash in Belgium. Full profile: https://commonwealth-adegem.com/childs-edward-mack -
Badge
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON. From the Toronto Star 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Mack Childs
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Mack Childs
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Mack Childs
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Mack Childs
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Mack Childs
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Mack Childs
Digital gallery of
Captain Edward Mack Childs
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 503 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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