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Military service
Service number:
K/66835
Age:
29
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Regina Rifle Regiment
Birth:
August 18, 1914
Rainy River, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 16, 1942
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. C. 5.
Additional information
Son of Sidney and Grace Smith. Husband of Patricia Smith.
Digital gallery of Rifleman William Adnett Smith
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Photo of William Adnett Smith
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Letter
A letter written by a friend and it was sent to William's mother. -
Grave Marker
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
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) -
Letter
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Photo of WILLIAM ADNETT SMITH
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Photo of WILLIAM ADNETT SMITH
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Group Photo
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Paying Respects
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Attestation paper
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Adnett Smith
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Adnett Smith
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Adnett Smith
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Adnett Smith
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Adnett Smith
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Adnett Smith
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Adnett Smith
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Adnett Smith
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Adnett Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 447 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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