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Military service
Service number:
G/23854
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Forestry Corps
Division:
16 Forestry Company
Birth:
November 25, 1915
North Devon, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
February 20, 1942
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Death:
September 7, 1945
Wahstedt, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. H. 14.
Additional information
Son of the late Private James William Williams, 42nd Battalion, killed in action on 29 September 1918 and Sadie Williams of Fredericton, New Brunswick. Brother of Albert, James, Dorothy, Mary and Alice. Spouse of Pauline Nesbitt Williams and father of Karen Eloise, James Gordon and Clythie Sharen of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Mrs. Sadie Williams was a member of the Remembrance Association, Silver Cross Women of Canada, Wheat City Chapter, Brandon, Manitoba.
Private Williams medals are on display in the Fredericton Legion.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer SErvice
Digital gallery of Private Fred Henry Williams
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Gravemarker
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Holten Canadian War Cemetery (1)
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Holten Canadian War Cemetery (2)
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Holten Canadian War Cemetery (3)
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Frederiction War Memorial
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Inscription
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
From a World War Two issue of the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Henry Williams
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Henry Williams
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Henry Williams
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Henry Williams
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Henry Williams
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Henry Williams
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Henry Williams
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Henry Williams
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 576 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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