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Military service
Service number:
F/76988
Age:
25
Rank:
Lance Serjeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 19, 1919
Springhill, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
May 13, 1940
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
November 2, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. F. 22.
Additional information
Son of John Samuel Oakley and Doris Exie Oakley from Nova Scotia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Lance Serjeant William George Oakley
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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
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant William George Oakley
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant William George Oakley
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant William George Oakley
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant William George Oakley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 406 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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