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In memory of:

Private Violet Marion Southwell

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Military service

Service number: W/1237
Age: 38
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Women's Army Corps
Birth: September 16, 1906 Hastings, England
Enlistment: July 2, 1942 London, Ontario
Death: November 6, 1944 St. Catharines, Ontario

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Sec. A. Div. 2. Grave 1A.
Additional information

Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Southwell, of Hastings, Sussex, England. Niece of Mrs. C. E. Wilson, of St. Catharines.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 449 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. CATHARINES (VICTORIA LAWN) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada

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Learning resources

Lesson Plan: Ages 12 - 18

Women and War

Lesson Plan: Ages 12 - 18

Women in the Canadian Military

 

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