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Military service
Service number:
K/47236
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Westminster Regiment (Motor), R.C.I.C.
Division:
(Motor), C
Birth:
June 20, 1920
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
September 18, 1939
New Westminster, British Columbia
Death:
September 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII, A, 6.
Additional information
Son of Boza and Violet Plecas of New Westminster, British Columbia. Brother of Private Paul Plecas, who was killed in action on July 22, 1943, while serving with the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Plecas
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Plecas
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Plecas
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Plecas
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Plecas
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 418 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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