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Military service
Age:
34
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Governor General's Foot Guards, R.C.A.C.
Birth:
July 29, 1910
Smiths Falls, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 10, 1939
Barriefield, Ontario
Death:
August 11, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. H. 9.
Additional information
Son of William Leonard and Margaret Aletha Slack of Smiths Falls, Ontario; brother of Leonard James, Maynard John, Alfred Ronald, Amy Mary and the Lieutenant-Colonel William Robert Slack, RCAMC, deceased 4 February 1956 in Korea. Husband of Jean Mills Slack and father of Patricia Jean of Ottawa, Ontario.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.
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Major Charles Edward (Ted) Slack Governor General's Foot Guards -
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Article
Article written by Major Charles Slack's nephew. -
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Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Major Charles Edward Slack
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Major Charles Edward Slack
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Edward Slack
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Edward Slack
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Edward Slack
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Edward Slack
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Edward Slack
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Major Charles Edward Slack
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Major Charles Edward Slack
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 444 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
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