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Military service
Service number:
G/10190
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Carleton and York Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
February 9, 1920
Aberdeen, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 11, 1939
Saint John, New Brunswick
Death:
April 20, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. H. 6.
Additional information
Son of William and Jessie Mennie of Pennefield Ridge, New Brunswick. Husband of Mercedes C. Mennie of Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick.
Brother of Private George Alexander Mennie, who died while serving with the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa.
Digital gallery of Private William James Mennie
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Cemetery
This photo was found with my Father-in-law's (Alvin McCahill (deceased)who served with the Carleton & Yorks) photos. William Mennie's grave is the first grave on the left -
Biography
In 2011, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars. -
Biography
In 2011, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars. -
Biography
In 2011, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars. -
Biography
In 2011, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars. -
Biography
In 2011, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars. -
Biography
In 2011, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars. -
Grave marker
Photo: Kent Caldwell -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William James Mennie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 545 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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