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Son of Benjamin and Ellen Russell, of Toronto; Husband of Edith Russell, also of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Edmund William Russell
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Edmund William Russell
Rifleman Russell enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles upon the unit's mobilization in June, 1940. He served with the Regt in Newfoundland and New Brunswick in Charlie Coy (OC's batman) but was returned to the Reserve Battalion in Toronto as medically unfit when the QOR departed for England.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Edmund William Russell
Padre Cameron took this photo of Rifleman Russell's gravemarker in May 1997.
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Rifleman Russell enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles upon the unit's mobilization in June, 1940. He served with the Regt in Newfoundland and New Brunswick in Charlie Coy (OC's batman) but was returned to the Reserve Battalion in Toronto as medically unfit when the QOR departed for England.
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Padre Cameron took this photo of Rifleman Russell's gravemarker in May 1997.
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Commemorated on:
Page 209 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (PROSPECT) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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