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Military service
Service number:
B/139619
Age:
35
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Birth:
June 2, 1909
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
February 2, 1943
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
December 16, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. D. 33.
Additional information
Son of Harry and Jean Smethurst of Acton, Ontario. Husband of Reta Smethurst, of Timmins, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Gunner George Albert Smethurst
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Entrance
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Telegram
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Correspondence
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Circumstances of death
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Grave marker
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Photo of George Albert Smethurst
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Gunner George Albert Smethurst
Digital gallery of
Gunner George Albert Smethurst
Digital gallery of
Gunner George Albert Smethurst
Digital gallery of
Gunner George Albert Smethurst
Digital gallery of
Gunner George Albert Smethurst
Digital gallery of
Gunner George Albert Smethurst
Digital gallery of
Gunner George Albert Smethurst
Digital gallery of
Gunner George Albert Smethurst
Digital gallery of
Gunner George Albert Smethurst
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 445 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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