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Military service
Service number:
B/74190
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
June 3, 1914
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 29, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 18, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
C, D, 313.
Additional information
Son of Nathan and Bessie Besserman, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Jack Besserman
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Headstone for Jack Besserman
Agira Canadian War Cemetery, Italy -
Photo of Jack Besserman
Jack Besserman is honoured on page 10 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Photo 2 of Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Newspaper Clipping
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 M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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 -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Besserman
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Besserman
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Besserman
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Besserman
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Besserman
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Besserman
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Besserman
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Besserman
Digital gallery of
Private Jack Besserman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 136 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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