Military service
Service number:
A/61022
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 15, 1920
Georgetown, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 6, 1942
Allenburg, Ontario
Death:
February 20, 1945
Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXI. A. 7.
Additional information
Son of Adam and Margaret Kay. Brother of Ronald and John
Digital gallery of Private William James Kay
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 529 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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