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Military service
Service number:
B/77250
Age:
21
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. 8.
Additional information
Son of Charles Ethelbert Lusty and Victoria Ellen Lusty, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman John Sprott Lusty
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Photo of John Sprott Lusty
Rifleman Lusty enlisted in May 1941 and was in England in early 1942. He soon transferred to The Queen's Own Rifles and was placed in D Company. Rifleman Lusty survived D-Day but was killed at Le Mesnil Patry, five days later. -
Obituary
This obituary of Rifleman Lusty was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944 by Mrs. Josie McQuade. -
Gravemarker
This photo of Rifleman Lusty's gravemarker at Beny-sur-mer Cemetery was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in June 1997. -
Photo of John Sproutt Lusty
John with his parents Victoria and Charles. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of John Sprott Lusty
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Grave marker
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Document
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Attestation paper
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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 June 1944. 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 Sprott Lusty
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Sprott Lusty
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Sprott Lusty
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Sprott Lusty
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Sprott Lusty
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Sprott Lusty
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Sprott Lusty
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Sprott Lusty
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Sprott Lusty
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 369 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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