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Military service
Service number:
C/79330
Age:
37
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
April 4, 1906
Aylmer, Québec
Enlistment:
May 21, 1942
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
December 7, 1943
Villa Roatti, Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. A. 5.
Additional information
Son of John and Mary E. McKittrick, of Carleton Place, Ontario. Brother of Mildred, Kathleen and Agnes of Weston, Ontario. The McKittrick family set a record for enlistments in the Second World War with six of their seven sons donning the nation's uniform. Corporal Wallace D. McKittrick was in the 1st Army Tank AWS RCOC; Trooper Edward R. McKittrick was in 'A' Squadron, 11th Army Tank Battalion, Sergeant Roy N. Mc Kittrick served in the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (MG); Corporal John (Harry) McKittrick in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (RCASC); and LAC Kenneth (Bob) McKittrick served in the RCAF. Stanley, the seventh and youngest brother lived and worked in Toronto. Defying all the odds, the family only lost James.
Commemorated on the Carleton Place Victory Tree.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private James Herbert McKittrick
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Entrance
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery
May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Photo of James Herbert McKittrick
James Herbert McKittrick<P> Seaforth Highlanders of Canada<P> Died December 7th, 1943 -
Memorial
In waterfront park in Carleton Place, ON. -
Inscription
He is commemorated in Canada in his family plot at Carleton Place United Cemetery -
Photo of James Hebert McKittrick
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private James Herbert McKittrick
Digital gallery of
Private James Herbert McKittrick
Digital gallery of
Private James Herbert McKittrick
Digital gallery of
Private James Herbert McKittrick
Digital gallery of
Private James Herbert McKittrick
Digital gallery of
Private James Herbert McKittrick
Digital gallery of
Private James Herbert McKittrick
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 191 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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