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Military service
Service number:
B/97177
Age:
26
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Regina Rifle Regiment
Birth:
February 25, 1918
Guelph, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 1, 1942
Brantford, Ontario
Death:
July 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. C. 8.
Additional information
Son of Matthew Hammel and Elizabeth McGarr of Guelph, Ontario. Brother of Florence, Howard, David, James, Michael, John and Mildred.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Patrick Francis Wafer Joseph McGarr
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Photo of Patrick McGarr
Photo taken in England approx. 1942 -
Grave marker
Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in France
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Patrick Francis Wafer Joseph McGarr
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Patrick Francis Wafer Joseph McGarr
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 385 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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