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Military service
Service number:
B/16646
Age:
24
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
7 Medium Regt.
Birth:
November 14, 1919
Aberdare, Glamorgan
Enlistment:
June 5, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. H. 15.
Additional information
Son of William Charles and Margaret Mary Leek, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Gunner William Charles Leek
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
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
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clippin
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 363 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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