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Military service
Service number:
D/82731
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
September 22, 1912
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
July 23, 1941
Montreal, Québec
Death:
October 3, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. B. 93.
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Elma Hylands; husband of Gertrude S. Hylands, of Verdun, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Private William Hylands
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 342 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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