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Military service
Service number:
B/62976
Age:
22
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
July 5, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. F. 5.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Kayda Protzik, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Walter Protzik
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Grave marker
This photo of Rfn Protzik's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron 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 July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Protzik
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Protzik
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Protzik
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 421 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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