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Private William Skirving Ducker

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Military Medal (MM)

Military service

Service number: B/3047
Age: 23
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
Birth: February 18, 1921 Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment: January 13, 1941 Ontario
Death: June 19, 1944

Burial/memorial information

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: 1. W. 17.
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Son of Frederick Ducker of Toronto, Ontario.

Ducker Lake, District of Keewatin in Nunavut, formerly part of the North West Territories was named after William Ducker.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 295 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France

Hermanville-sur-Mer lies 13 kilometres north of Caen on the road to Lion-sur-Mer (the D60). To reach the War Cemetery go northwards right through Hermanville; after leaving the Mairie (Town Hall) on your left, turn right. The gates to the War Cemetery will be found after 300 metres.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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