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Military service
Service number:
B/22931
Age:
21
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Division:
8 Field Sqn.
Birth:
September 14, 1923
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 16, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 9, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. D. 14.
Additional information
Son of William Pettit, and of Elizabeth Pettit, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sapper Harold Chester Pettit
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sapper Harold Chester Pettit
Digital gallery of
Sapper Harold Chester Pettit
Digital gallery of
Sapper Harold Chester Pettit
Digital gallery of
Sapper Harold Chester Pettit
Digital gallery of
Sapper Harold Chester Pettit
Digital gallery of
Sapper Harold Chester Pettit
Digital gallery of
Sapper Harold Chester Pettit
Digital gallery of
Sapper Harold Chester Pettit
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 416 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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