Profile image
Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 12, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 4, 1940
Galt, Ontario
Death:
July 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 15, Row D, Grave 14.
Additional information
Son of Joseph V. and Mona Stark, of Kitchener, Ontario. Captain Stark attended Humberside Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario and graduated in 1936. He listed his hobby as skiing. He held several civilian jobs after graduation, the last before enlistment with B.F. Goodrich Rubber Company in Kitchener, Ontario where he held the position of Assistant Sales Manager of the Footwear Sales Department. He enlisted in Galt Ontario on 4 June 1940, though he held the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Active Militia serving with the Highland Light Infantry of Canada. He embarked at United Kingdom on 4 June 1944 and disembarked at France on 6 June 1944.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France-Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp awarded 15 Jan 1944.
Digital gallery of Captain Vincent Elmer Stark
-
Photo of Vincent Elmer Stark
-
Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & 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)
Digital gallery of
Captain Vincent Elmer Stark
Digital gallery of
Captain Vincent Elmer Stark
Digital gallery of
Captain Vincent Elmer Stark
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 451 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.