Military service
Service number:
D/135936
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Division:
5th Inf. Bde. Coy.
Birth:
June 17, 1917
Easy Hall, St. Joseph
Enlistment:
May 25, 1942
Montreal, Québec
Death:
August 3, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. C. 1.
Additional information
Husband of Gladys Best, of Goodland St. Michael, Barbados.
Digital gallery of Private Mascoll MacDonald Best
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Photo of MASCOLL MACDONALD BEST
Photo credit: Kathy Grant, Black Canadian Veterans Stories of War. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Telegram
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Circumstances of death
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Mascoll Macdonald Best
Digital gallery of
Private Mascoll MacDonald Best
Digital gallery of
Private Mascoll MacDonald Best
Digital gallery of
Private Mascoll MacDonald Best
Digital gallery of
Private Mascoll MacDonald Best
Digital gallery of
Private Mascoll MacDonald Best
Digital gallery of
Private Mascoll MacDonald Best
Digital gallery of
Private Mascoll MacDonald Best
Digital gallery of
Private Mascoll MacDonald Best
Digital gallery of
Private Mascoll MacDonald Best
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 249 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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