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Military service
Service number:
B/158951
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 18, 1911
Purple Valley, Ontario
Enlistment:
February 10, 1944
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 10, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. L. 12.
Additional information
Son of John McCartney, and of Jean McCartney (nee Fowlie), of Kemble, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private George David Edward McCartney
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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 -
Photo of GEORGE DAVID EDWARD MCCARTNEY
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Document
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Telegram
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Correspondence
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Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private George David Edward McCartney
Digital gallery of
Private George David Edward McCartney
Digital gallery of
Private George David Edward McCartney
Digital gallery of
Private George David Edward McCartney
Digital gallery of
Private George David Edward McCartney
Digital gallery of
Private George David Edward McCartney
Digital gallery of
Private George David Edward McCartney
Digital gallery of
Private George David Edward McCartney
Digital gallery of
Private George David Edward McCartney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 382 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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