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Military service
Service number:
L/101922
Age:
23
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
2 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Birth:
June 19, 1921
Kelso, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
August 18, 1942
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
December 26, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. G. 12.
Additional information
Son of James F. and Ethel S. Hewitt, of Kelso, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Gunner James Bryan Hewitt
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Newspaper Clipping
The Toronto Star, February 8, 1945, page 24 -
Grave Marker
A picture of the grave of Gunner James Bryan Hewitt, killed in action December 26th 1944. Flowers placed on his grave and picture taken by his nephew Bob Bunting in March 2016. -
Photo of James Bryan Hewitt
Picture of James Bryan Hewitt in uniform -
Picture of James Bryan Hewitt with his sister Rita (Hewitt) Bunting
Picture of James Bryan Hewitt with his sister Rita (Hewitt) Bunting -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Gunner James Bryan Hewitt
Digital gallery of
Gunner James Bryan Hewitt
Digital gallery of
Gunner James Bryan Hewitt
Digital gallery of
Gunner James Bryan Hewitt
Digital gallery of
Gunner James Bryan Hewitt
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Commemorated on:
Page 334 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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FAENZA WAR CEMETERY Italy
The FAENZA WAR CEMETERY lies at Via provinciale Santa Lucia, within the Commune of Faenza in the Province of Ravenna. It lies in the fields 1.5 kilometres south-east of Faenza and is approached by a secondary road which branches off the main road Bologna-Forli (Route No.9) just east of the town. The cemetery is permanently open.
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