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Military service
Service number:
C/79100
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 15, 1923
Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 3, 1942
Carleton Place, Ontario
Death:
August 1, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 15.
Additional information
Son of Ernest and Martha Emeline Porteous, of Ashton, Ontario. Brother of Kenneth, Percy, Emerson, Lawrence and Gerald.
Buried not far from Earl in Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery is another Carleton Place lad, Private Raymond 'Tippy' Wilbert White.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Earl Ernest Porteous
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Inscription
Pte. Earl Ernest Porteous is commemorated in Canada in his family plot at Carleton Place United Cemetery. -
Carleton place Cenotaph in Beckwith park
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Photo of EARL ERNEST PORTEOUS
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Ernest Porteous
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Ernest Porteous
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Ernest Porteous
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Ernest Porteous
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 419 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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