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Military service
Service number:
B/21889
Age:
37
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Death:
August 28, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
2. A. 2.
Additional information
Son of John Douglas Griffin and Elizebeth Griffin; husband of Edna Elizebeth Griffin, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman William James Griffin
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Cemetery
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Grave marker
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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 -
Photo of WILLIAM JAMES GRIFFIN
Uncle Bill standing in his back garden in Toronto. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 20th 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 20th 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William James Griffin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William James Griffin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William James Griffin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William James Griffin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William James Griffin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William James Griffin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William James Griffin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William James Griffin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William James Griffin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 322 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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