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Military service
Service number:
K/66693
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
January 31, 1906
St. Gall, Switzerland
Enlistment:
September 1, 1942
Cranbrook, British Columbia
Death:
April 21, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. G. 11.
Additional information
Son of Albrecht and Susette Wirth, of St. Gall, Switzerland.
Digital gallery of Private Fred Wirth
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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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Grave Marker
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Attestation paper
LAC Ottawa -
Cenotaph
Fernie Cenotaph, taken in July 2017 by Anne Gafiuk. -
Cenotaph
Names on Fernie Cenotaph, taken in July 2017 by Anne Gafiuk. -
Grave marker
Temporary Grave Marker LAC Ottawa -
Circumstances of death registers
LAC Ottawa -
Letter
Letter from Mr. Keller, Wirth's partner, LAC Ottawa -
Letter
Letter from Mr. Keller, Wirth's business partner, LAC Ottawa -
Letter
Letter from Mr. Keller, Wirth's business partner, second page, LAC Ottawa -
Letter
Letter from Alice Lancaster, Wirth's fiancee, LAC Ottawa
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Wirth
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Wirth
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Wirth
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Wirth
Digital gallery of
Private Fred Wirth
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 577 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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