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Military service
Service number:
M/16699
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Loyal Edmonton Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 11, 1911
Innisfree, Alberta
Enlistment:
February 8, 1940
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
December 23, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. G. 6.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Smeltzer East and Anna Jane East.
Digital gallery of Private William John East
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Photo of William John East
photo taken on November 2, 1940 -
Fortyniner magazine
From the Loyal Edmonton Regimental magazine the Fortyniner. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM JOHN EAST
From the Loyal Edmonton Regimental magazine the Fortyniner. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM JOHN EAST
From the Loyal Edmonton Regimental magazine the Fortyniner. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William John East
Digital gallery of
Private William John East
Digital gallery of
Private William John East
Digital gallery of
Private William John East
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 156 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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