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Military service
Service number:
B/68974
Age:
19
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Division:
3rd Bn.
Death:
July 5, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. F. 3.
Additional information
Son of Charles Walter and Elizabeth Ann Willis, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman William Edward Willis
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Grave marker
This photo of Rfn Willis's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C in June 1997. -
Newspaper clipping
This obituary of Rfn Willis was clipped from a Toronto paper in 1944 by Mrs. Ula Richardson. It has been kept in a collection of articles on the QOR in WW II. -
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
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM WILLIS
Standing in front of his mother's Home on Kingston Road, Scarborough, Ontario. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Edward Willis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Edward Willis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Edward Willis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Edward Willis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Edward Willis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Edward Willis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Edward Willis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Edward Willis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Edward Willis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 479 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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