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Military service
Service number:
K/69886
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 30, 1923
Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment:
November 13, 1942
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. B. 13.
Additional information
Son of Donald and Mary MacPherson, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Neil James MacPherson
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Letter
This is the letter my great uncle sent to his mother just before his death. This letter is dated May 30th, 1944. My great uncle died on June 6th, 1944. -
Letter
This is the front of the letter which my great uncle wrote 7 days before his death on June 6th, 1944. -
Photo of Neil James MacPherson
Neil James MacPherson in full uniform before he went to war. -
Photo of Neil James MacPherson
The extended family of Neil James MacPherson, before they immigrated to Canada from Scotland, before he was born. -
Grave Marker
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (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) -
Grave marker
Neil's grave marker 2nd row right. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Neil James MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Private Neil James MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Private Neil James MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Private Neil James MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Private Neil James MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Private Neil James MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Private Neil James MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Private Neil James MacPherson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 376 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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