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Military service
Service number:
B/65994
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
July 26, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XX. F. 3.
Additional information
Son of Norman Joseph and Violet Evelyn Presnail, of Miami, Florida.
Digital gallery of Private William Presnail
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Press Clipping
Source: Hamilton Spectator August 8, 1944 -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Presnail
Digital gallery of
Private William Presnail
Digital gallery of
Private William Presnail
Digital gallery of
Private William Presnail
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 420 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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