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Military service
Service number:
B/134348
Age:
20
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
June 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. C. 9.
Additional information
Son of John R. and Emily Campbell, of Mount Dennis, Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman John Campbell
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Photo and obituary of John Campbell
Rifleman Campbell joined The Queen's Own Rifles in 1943 in England. He was in Dog Company and one of those captured at Le Mesnil Patry on 11 June 44. Rifleman Campbell, along with five other QOR riflemen who were wounded, were taken to another location and executed around 17 June by the 12 SS Panzer troops. -
Gravemarker
This photo of Rifleman Campbell's gravemarker at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery was taken by Padre Cameron in June 1997. -
37 Canadian Place
The town of Authie, France honoured 37 Canadian soldiers by naming a street after them. The young Canadians, mostly from the Maritimes, were part of the D-Day invasion and were killed while trying to liberate the town from the Germans. -
Photo 2 of 37 Canadians place
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Plaque
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Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Campbell
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Campbell
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Campbell
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Campbell
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Campbell
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Campbell
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Campbell
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Campbell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 266 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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