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Military service
Service number:
B/64166
Age:
25
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
September 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
6. A. 2.
Additional information
Son of George Gentles Young and Catherine Mary Young, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant James Young
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Gravemarker
This photo of Sgt James Young's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C in June 1997. -
Photo of JAMES YOUNG
This image of Sgt Young appeared in a Toronto newspaper in 1944 and was perserved in a collction of articles pertaining to the QOR of C in WW II by Mrs. Josie McQuade of Toronto. -
Newspaper Clipping
This obituary notice appeared in a Toronto newspaper in 1944. A copy was obtained from the microfilm version by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C in 2001. -
Correspondence
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Grave marker
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Document
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Telegram
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Young
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Young
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Young
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Young
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Young
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Young
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Young
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Young
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Young
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 485 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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