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Military service
Service number:
A/4405
Age:
21
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Three Rivers Regiment, R.C.A.C.
Division:
12th Army Tank Regt.
Birth:
November 18, 1921
Gravenhurst, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 15, 1940
London, Ontario
Death:
July 24, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
D, A, 380.
Additional information
Son of John George and Bertha Maud McCracken, of London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Lawrence Wilber McCracken
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Cemetery
Entrance - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 -
Photo of Lawrence Wilber Mccracken
Joined the Royal Canadian Regiment in London, Ontario and later was transferred to the Three Rivers Tank Regiment. He was killed in action in Sicily -
Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Photo of LAWRENCE WILBER MCCRACKEN
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Grave marker
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Letter
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Circumstances of death
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Attestation paper
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Photo of Lawrence McCracken
In memory of the people of London, Ontario who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Lawrence McCracken's grave at Agira Canadian War Cemetery.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Lawrence Wilber McCracken
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Lawrence Wilber McCracken
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Lawrence Wilber McCracken
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Lawrence Wilber McCracken
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Lawrence Wilber McCracken
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Lawrence Wilber McCracken
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Lawrence Wilber McCracken
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Lawrence Wilber McCracken
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Lawrence Wilber McCracken
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 189 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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