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Military service
Service number:
B/103245
Age:
20
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
February 26, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. H. 15.
Additional information
Son of Frank and Wilhelmina Klacza, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman John Klacza
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Grave Marker
This photo of Rfn Klacza's gravemarker was taken in June 2003. -
Obituary
This obituary of Rifleman Klacza was clipped from a Toronto paper in 1945 by Mrs Josie McQuade. -
Photo of John Klacza
Rifleman Klacza enlisted in the Army in early 1944 and joined the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada as a replacement Rifleman during the Scheldt fighting. He was killed during the attack on Mooshof/Steeg, Germany during Operation Blockbuster. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Rifleman John Klacza
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Klacza
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Klacza
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Klacza
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 530 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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