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Military service
Service number:
C/63027
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Forestry Corps
Division:
30th Coy.
Birth:
January 21, 1918
Clarkstown, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 22, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
December 21, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. C. 4.
Additional information
Son of George Henry and Ida Press; husband of Hughina Press, of Lumb in Rossendale, Lancashire.
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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 -
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Correspondence
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Private Hector Joseph Press
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Private Hector Joseph Press
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Private Hector Joseph Press
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Private Hector Joseph Press
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Private Hector Joseph Press
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 420 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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