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Military service
Service number:
B/98605
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Division:
85 Bridge Coy.
Birth:
April 17, 1909
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 19, 1941
Camp Borden, Ontario
Death:
October 14, 1944
Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXV. A. 7.
Additional information
Son of William James and Mary Theresa Auchincloss, of Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Mary Adele, Margaret Clara, Vincent Alexander, and William James Auchincloss
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
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Group Photo
"Maw" (Teresa Mary Collins 1872-1953) is seen here posing with with Uncle Thomas Collins before leaving for World War II. -
Photo of THOMAS COLLINS AUCHINCLOSS
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Circumstances of death
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Family Photo
L-R Vincent, Thomas, Clara and William. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Commemorated on:
Page 240 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
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