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Military service
Service number:
B/146907
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Death:
August 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I, G, 70.
Additional information
Son of William Joseph and Catherine Violet Skelly, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Private William John Patrick Skelly
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Grave Markers
Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Headstone of William J.P. Skelly
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Photo of William John Patrick Skelly
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Western Technical School
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial Plaque
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WILLIAM JOHN PATRICK SKELLY
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Badge
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William John Patrick Skelly
Digital gallery of
Private William John Patrick Skelly
Digital gallery of
Private William John Patrick Skelly
Digital gallery of
Private William John Patrick Skelly
Digital gallery of
Private William John Patrick Skelly
Digital gallery of
Private William John Patrick Skelly
Digital gallery of
Private William John Patrick Skelly
Digital gallery of
Private William John Patrick Skelly
Digital gallery of
Private William John Patrick Skelly
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 444 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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