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In memory of:

Corporal William Melville Loney

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Military service

Service number: C/21008
Age: 24
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
Birth: March 19, 1920 Carleton Place, Ontario
Enlistment: September 11, 1939 Smiths Falls, Ontario
Death: July 28, 1944

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: VIII. D. 14.
Additional information
Son of George and Margaret Ann Loney of Carleton Place, Ontario. Spouse of Joan Yvonne (nee Martin) and father of Terence William Loney. Brother of Margaret Drenda, Annie Doreen, Pauline Joyce and George Lindon.

Corporal William Melville Loney has been honoured by having Loney Creek named after him. The location of Loney Creek is in Yukon (117D05- 69° 21’ 59”- 139° 32’ 13”)

Additional citations

Mentioned in Despatches, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, La médaille de la défence, La médaille du guerre 1939-45.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 367 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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