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Military service
Service number:
B/158344
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Death:
March 8, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. H. 8.
Additional information
Son of Archie Weber Giffen and Martha Louise Giffen; husband of Hazel Ruth Giffen, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Harvey Giffen
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Newspaper Clipping
Bio from The Toronto Star, April 2, 1945, page 11 -
Newspaper Clipping
Photo from The Toronto Star, April 2, 1945, page 11 -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
Cenotaph, Meaford Ontario -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Giffen
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Giffen
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Giffen
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Giffen
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Giffen
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Giffen
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Giffen
Digital gallery of
Private William Harvey Giffen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 518 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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