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Military service
Service number:
B/73072
Age:
26
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Death:
December 8, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. A. 6.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Eva May Elson, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant William George Elson
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Cemetery
Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 -
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 M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
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 M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant William George Elson
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant William George Elson
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant William George Elson
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant William George Elson
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant William George Elson
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant William George Elson
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant William George Elson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 157 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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