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Military service
Service number:
B/43508
Age:
29
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
June 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. D. 10.
Additional information
Son of Clayton J. and Muriel L. Rooney, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman James William Rooney
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Grave Marker
This photo of Rfn Rooney's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron on June 6th, 2003. -
Newspaper clipping
This obituary of Rfn Rooney was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944, and kept in collection of articles on the QOR of C in WW II by Mrs. Josie McQuade. -
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) -
Photo of James William Rooney
James William Rooney in uniform. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James William Rooney
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James William Rooney
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James William Rooney
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James William Rooney
Digital gallery of
Rifleman James William Rooney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 432 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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