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Military service
Age:
30
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
May 15, 1914
Trossachs, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
September 1, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
December 20, 1944
Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. D. 20.
Additional information
Son of Edward Joseph and Ellen Theresa (nee Carr) Garritty of Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Brother of Sylvester and Leading Aircraftman Allister James Garritty, killed in action 10 June 1942. Husband of Helen Jessie (nee Tighe) Garritty, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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Lieutenant Mervyn Edward Garritty
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Lieutenant Mervyn Edward Garritty
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Lieutenant Mervyn Edward Garritty
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Lieutenant Mervyn Edward Garritty
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Lieutenant Mervyn Edward Garritty
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Lieutenant Mervyn Edward Garritty
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Lieutenant Mervyn Edward Garritty
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Lieutenant Mervyn Edward Garritty
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Lieutenant Mervyn Edward Garritty
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Commemorated on:
Page 312 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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