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Military service
Service number:
B/66119
Age:
22
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
September 21, 1921
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 13, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 4.
Additional information
Son of Mildred A. McCallum, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Russell George McCallum
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Photo of Russell George McCallum
Rifleman Russell "Junior" McCallum joined The Queen's Own Rifles in 1940 as a teenaged drummer in the Band. Though still underage when the Regiment sailed for England, he was taken along. He was one of the youngest QOR riflemen and was killed on D-Day at Bernières-sur-mer. -
Gravemarker
Captain Craig Cameron took this photo of Rifleman McCallum's gravemarker during a visit to Normandy in June 1997. -
Obituary
This obituary of Rifleman McCallum was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944 by Mrs. Josie McQuade. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Bruce MacFarlane -
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
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of RUSSELL GEORGE MCCALLUM
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Medal
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Attestation paper
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Document
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Letter
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Letter
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell George McCallum
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell George McCallum
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell George McCallum
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell George McCallum
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell George McCallum
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell George McCallum
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell George McCallum
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell George McCallum
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Russell George McCallum
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 382 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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