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Military service
Service number:
B/88567
Age:
33
Rank:
Signalman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Division:
1 Div. Sigs.
Death:
July 12, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
C, F, 339.
Additional information
Son of Leonord and Hermina Jinssen. Husband of Lillian Jinssen of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Signalman Herman William Jinssen
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Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Preston, Ontario Cenotaph
Dedicated November 8, 1926. The names of Preston soldiers killed in the Second World War were added in 1949. -
Preston Ontario Wall of Remembrance Mural
Mural by D. Sopha. Located adjacent to the Preston Cenotaph. -
Grave Marker
Visit and photos taken during RCR and Signallers Op Husky Battlefield Tour October 2010. (Richard, Thomson, Holsworth, Nolan) -
Commemoration Marker
OP Husky 2013 Marker sponsored by Col (retd) JAP Thomson - RC Signals -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Grave marker from Herman Jinssen's grave at Agira Canadian War Cemetery. Jinssen was born on the 14th of June 1910 in The Netherlands. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Signalman Herman William Jinssen
Digital gallery of
Signalman Herman William Jinssen
Digital gallery of
Signalman Herman William Jinssen
Digital gallery of
Signalman Herman William Jinssen
Digital gallery of
Signalman Herman William Jinssen
Digital gallery of
Signalman Herman William Jinssen
Digital gallery of
Signalman Herman William Jinssen
Digital gallery of
Signalman Herman William Jinssen
Digital gallery of
Signalman Herman William Jinssen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 174 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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