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Military service
Service number:
D/72899
Age:
43
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Death:
August 15, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
38. B. 7.
Additional information
Son of J. H. Bassett and Ellen Bassett, of Toronto, ON. Husband of Eileen Bassett.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Walter Burdette Bassett
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Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Badge
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Walter Burdette Bassett
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Walter Burdette Bassett
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Walter Burdette Bassett
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Walter Burdette Bassett
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Walter Burdette Bassett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 57 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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