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Military service
Service number:
V/23098
Age:
21
Rank:
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division:
H.M.C.S. Brandon
Birth:
October 23, 1919
Montréal
Enlistment:
September 23, 1940
Death:
October 14, 1941
Iceland
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
C38. 10.
Additional information
Son of William and Margret Richardson, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada; husband of Doris Amy Richardson, of Montreal.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 42 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR) CEMETERY Iceland
Reykjavik is in the south-western part of the island and the REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR)CEMETERY lies south of the town on the road to Hafnarfjordur.
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