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Military service
Service number:
D/129337
Age:
26
Rank:
Craftsman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Division:
5 Inf. Bde. Workshop
Death:
September 3, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. C. 14.
Additional information
Son of Sam and Annie Goresky, of Montreal, Province of Quebec.
Digital gallery of Craftsman William Goresky
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William Goresky is honoured on page 32 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of William Goresky
Taken in June, 2017 at the Groesbeek War Cemetery, paying respects to an unknown but fellow Jew.
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Craftsman William Goresky
Digital gallery of
Craftsman William Goresky
Digital gallery of
Craftsman William Goresky
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 519 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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