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He was one of 53 Canadians who lost their lives on July 4-5, 1943. They were travelling in convoy KMS-18B on their way to Sicily, Italy, for Operation Husky. Three ships (City of Venice, St. Essylt and Devis) were torpedoed and sunk by German u-boats in the Mediterranean Sea near Alger, Algeria.
Digital gallery of Gunner James Wheeler Jewer
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Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the St Catharines Standard c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the St Catharines Standard c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Gunner James Wheeler Jewer
Digital gallery of
Gunner James Wheeler Jewer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 174 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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