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Military service
Service number:
B/133366
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
September 1, 1921
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 23, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 21, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
D, H, 491.
Additional information
Son of Noble Harrison Smeltzer and Helen Austin Galbraith Smeltzer, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Benjamin Smeltzer
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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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Photo of Benjamin Smeltzer
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
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
It is unknown who this person is, The photo was found in Benjamin's military service file. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo
It is unknown who this person is, The photo was found in Benjamin's military service file. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo
It is unknown who this person is, The photo was found in Benjamin's military service file. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo
It is unknown who this person is, The photo was found in Benjamin's military service file. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo
It is unknown who this person is, The photo was found in Benjamin's military service file. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Personnel Selection Form
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Circumstances of death
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
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
From the Toronto Star August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Smeltzer
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Smeltzer
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Smeltzer
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Smeltzer
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Smeltzer
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Smeltzer
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Smeltzer
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Smeltzer
Digital gallery of
Private Benjamin Smeltzer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 214 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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