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Military service
Service number:
B/42072
Age:
23
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
October 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. E. 9.
Additional information
Son of Jacob and Lena Starostic, of Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman William Starostic
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Photo of William Starostic
Rifleman Starostic enlisted in 1941 with another Ontario infantry unit and eventually joined the QOR of C in July of 1943. He served in the Carrier Platoon of the Support Coy and landed on D-Day with the Regiment. Rifleman Starostic was killed when the WASP he was operating was hit near the town of Isendyke (in the Breskens Pocket of Holland) during the Scheldt fighting. -
Obituary
Copy of the obituary for Rifleman Starostic from a Toronto newspaper published in November 1944. -
Gravemarker
This photo of Rfn Starostic's gravemarker was taken in June 2003. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Starostic
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Starostic
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Starostic
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Starostic
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Starostic
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Starostic
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William Starostic
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 451 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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