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Military service
Service number:
A/37709
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
January 15, 1912
Brantford, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 24, 1940
Galt, Ontario
Death:
July 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. G. 5.
Additional information
Son of Frederick and Rebecca Strickland. Husband of Rose Strickland.
Digital gallery of Private William John Strickland
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Biography
Album of Honour for Brant County World War II 1939-1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
Album Cover
Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 - 1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William John Strickland
Digital gallery of
Private William John Strickland
Digital gallery of
Private William John Strickland
Digital gallery of
Private William John Strickland
Digital gallery of
Private William John Strickland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 455 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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