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Military service
Service number:
B/37572
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
November 11, 1920
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
April 17, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 24.
Additional information
Son of John and Margaret Lake. Husband of Patricia Penny.
Digital gallery of Private William John Lake
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, just outside the Dieppe, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens) -
Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Photo of William John Lake
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William John Lake
Digital gallery of
Private William John Lake
Digital gallery of
Private William John Lake
Digital gallery of
Private William John Lake
Digital gallery of
Private William John Lake
Digital gallery of
Private William John Lake
Digital gallery of
Private William John Lake
Digital gallery of
Private William John Lake
Digital gallery of
Private William John Lake
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 88 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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