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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Irish Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
December 22, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III, A, 2.
Additional information
Son of William Jeffrey Moffat and Mildred Ethel Moffat, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant John James Moffat
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Newspaper clipping
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Photo of John Moffat
Moffat, John James - Lieutenant. Born 1st December, 1920, at Winnipeg. Educated at Kelvin High School, Winnipeg. Entered the service of the Bank 8th August, 1938. Served at Winnipeg city branches. Enlisted 7th September, 1942, from Portage & Donald (Winnipeg) in The Royal Winnipeg Rifles. Lieutenant in August, 1943. Took Officers' Training Course at Gordon Head, B.C. Overseas in August, 1943. Transferred to The Irish Regiment of Canada (M.G.) in May, 1944. Served in Italy. Killed in action by enemy rifle fire while out on patrol with his section, 22nd December, 1944. Buried in 5th Canadian Armoured Division Cemetery at Villanova, near Ravenna, Italy. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant John James Moffat
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John James Moffat
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John James Moffat
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Commemorated on:
Page 396 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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