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Military service
Service number:
B/134577
Age:
22
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
November 21, 1921
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 26, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. C. 1.
Additional information
Adopted son of Thomas and Mary Pierce, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Thomas Joseph Pierce
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Grave Marker
This photo of Rfn Pierce's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C on June 6th, 2003. -
Newspaper Clipping
This newspaper clipping from a Toronto newspaper of 1944 gives a few details of his death on D-Day. -
Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Thomas Joseph Pierce
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Thomas Joseph Pierce
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Thomas Joseph Pierce
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 417 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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