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Military service
Age:
32
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Death:
August 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
L. 43.
Additional information
Son of Montgomery Wellington Matchett and Jane Grace Matchett, of Hamilton, Ontario; husband of Elizabeth Dunnachie Matchett, of Hamilton.
Digital gallery of Captain George Elwood Matchett
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Memorial scroll
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry memorial scroll for Dieppe. On display at the Lieutenant-Colonel John Weir Foote VC, CD Armoury, Hamilton, Ontario. -
Grave Marker
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Georeg Matchett
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator c. 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain George Elwood Matchett
Digital gallery of
Captain George Elwood Matchett
Digital gallery of
Captain George Elwood Matchett
Digital gallery of
Captain George Elwood Matchett
Digital gallery of
Captain George Elwood Matchett
Digital gallery of
Captain George Elwood Matchett
Digital gallery of
Captain George Elwood Matchett
Digital gallery of
Captain George Elwood Matchett
Digital gallery of
Captain George Elwood Matchett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 94 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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