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Military service
Service number:
K/51759
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
April 10, 1909
Arcola, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
June 14, 1943
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
September 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX, D, 9.
Additional information
Son of William and Mary Best.
Digital gallery of Private Wilfred Marshall Best
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Entrance
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
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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
Private Wilfred Marshall Best
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Marshall Best
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Marshall Best
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Marshall Best
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Marshall Best
Digital gallery of
Private Wilfred Marshall Best
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 249 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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