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Military service
Age:
22
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Ontario Regiment, R.C.A.C.
Division:
11th Armd. Regt.
Birth:
August 2, 1921
Kellhier, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
August 26, 1939
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
July 1, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V, E, 10.
Additional information
Son of Reginald and Nellie Elizabeth Tongs, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Captain Arthur Frederick Tongs
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Photo of Arthur F. Tongs
Captain Arthur Tongs -
Grave Marker
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Epitaph
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Group photo
Arthur Frederick Tongs and his mother Nellie -
Grave Marker
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Photo of ARTHUR FREDERICK TONGS
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ARTHUR FREDERICK TONGS
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Attestation paper
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Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Wartime diary
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Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Arthur Frederick Tongs
Digital gallery of
Captain Arthur Frederick Tongs
Digital gallery of
Captain Arthur Frederick Tongs
Digital gallery of
Captain Arthur Frederick Tongs
Digital gallery of
Captain Arthur Frederick Tongs
Digital gallery of
Captain Arthur Frederick Tongs
Digital gallery of
Captain Arthur Frederick Tongs
Digital gallery of
Captain Arthur Frederick Tongs
Digital gallery of
Captain Arthur Frederick Tongs
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 463 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ASSISI WAR CEMETERY Italy
The Assisi War Cemetery forms part of the locality of Rivotorto in the Commune of Assisi, in the Province of Perugia. From Rome, take highway A1, Rome-Milano, come off at Orte and go along the road 75 for Perugia and follow the direction signs for Assisi. Take the road to Rivotorto, and at a crossroad from which a church is visible, turn left. The Assisi War Cemetery is reached after about 500 metres .
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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