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Military service
Service number:
B/75430
Age:
20
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 6, 1924
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 2, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. H. 13.
Additional information
Son of George William and Elsie Drohan, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman William Charles Drohan
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Photo of William Charles Drohan
Rifleman Drohan enlisted in July 1942 and joined the 1st Battalion of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in England in 1943. He was in Dog Company and was killed at Le Mesnil Patry. -
Obituary
This obituary of Rifleman Drohan was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944 by Mrs Josie McQuade. -
Gravemarker
This photo of Rifelman Drohan's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in June 1997. -
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) -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
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Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Charles Drohan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Charles Drohan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Charles Drohan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Charles Drohan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Charles Drohan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Charles Drohan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Charles Drohan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Charles Drohan
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Charles Drohan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 295 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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