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Military service
Service number:
B/66115
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
July 19, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XV. A. 3.
Digital gallery of Rifleman John Harold Farrell
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Photo of John Harold Farrell
Rifleman Farrell enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles in 1940 and served with the Regiment in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and in England. Rifleman Farrell was in the mortar platoon of Support Company when he was killed in Normandy (east of Caen) by fire from enemy aircraft. -
Gravemarker
Captain Craig Cameron took this photo of Rifleman Farrell's gravemarker during a trip to Normandy in June 1997. -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Harold Farrell
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Harold Farrell
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Harold Farrell
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Harold Farrell
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Harold Farrell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 302 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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