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Military service
Service number:
B/134826
Age:
21
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
July 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XV. C. 16.
Additional information
Son of Walter Hayes Mercer and of Edna Annie Mercer (nee Coutanche).
Digital gallery of Rifleman Walter Howard Mercer
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Grave Marker
This photo of Rfn Mercer's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C on June 6th, 2003. -
Newspaper clipping
This obituary of Rfn Mercer was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944 by Mrs. Ula Richardson. It has been preserved in a collection of articles about the QOR of C in WW II. -
Newspaper clipping
This image of Rfn Mercer appeared in a Toronto newspaper in 1944 along with an obituary article. It has been preserved in a collection of materials pertaining to the QOR of C in WW II. -
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
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
2005-07-07 Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - W.H.Mercer -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Howard Mercer
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Howard Mercer
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Howard Mercer
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Howard Mercer
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Howard Mercer
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Howard Mercer
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Howard Mercer
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Howard Mercer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 392 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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