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Military service
Service number:
L/12681
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 6, 1915
Estevan, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
April 4, 1940
Weyburn, Saskatchewan
Death:
August 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 37.
Additional information
Son of Sergeant Charles Pinkney, who was killed in action on November 10, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment) and Emily Pinkney of Estevan, Saskatchewan. Husband of Jean Pinkney of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Charles Frederick Pinkney
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, just outside the Dieppe, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Frederick Pinkney
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Frederick Pinkney
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Frederick Pinkney
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Frederick Pinkney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 106 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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