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Military service
Service number:
B/65578
Age:
19
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
June 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. B. 9.
Additional information
Son of Colonel William John Argyle Hastie, R.C.A.S.C., and Marion Arliss Hastie, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman John Richard Hastie
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Photo of John Richard Hastie
Rifleman Hastie enlisted in the Army in 1942 and joined 1st Battalion of The Queen's Own Rifles in England. He was in Dog Company and survived D-Day. Rifleman Hastie was Killed in Action at Le Mesnil Patry five days later. -
Obituary
This obituary of Rifleman Hastie was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944 by Mrs. Ulla Richardson. -
Gravemarker
This photo of Rfn Hastie's gravemarker at Beny-sur-mer Cemetery was taken by Padre Craig Cameron (QOR of C) 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
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Richard Hastie
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Richard Hastie
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Richard Hastie
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Richard Hastie
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Richard Hastie
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Richard Hastie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 330 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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