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Military service
Service number:
L/106037
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Death:
July 20, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIX. G. 14.
Additional information
Son of Peter Swanson, and of Olivia Swanson, of Crane Valley, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Private William Swanson
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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) -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
Inscription
Epitaph: "With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand, he has wandered on to an unknown land" -
Photo of WILLIAM SWANSON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
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Reverse side of Photo
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Swanson
Digital gallery of
Private William Swanson
Digital gallery of
Private William Swanson
Digital gallery of
Private William Swanson
Digital gallery of
Private William Swanson
Digital gallery of
Private William Swanson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 456 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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