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Military service
Service number:
K/47131
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Westminster Regiment (Motor), R.C.I.C.
Division:
(Motor), R
Death:
August 31, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. E. 4.
Additional information
Son of Robert Berry Eaton and Violet May Eaton, of Chilliwack, British Columbia.
Brother of Flight Sergeant William Bligh Eaton who died on October 9, 1943 while serving with Royal Canadian Air Force.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Douglas Barry Eaton
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Photo of Douglas Eaton
Image courtesy of the Chilliwack Museum and Archives -
Photo of Douglas Eaton
D.B. Eaton from the Chilliwack Progress newspaper, September 12, 1956. Image courtesy of th Chilliwack Museum and Archives -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Chilliwack Progress. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Barry Eaton
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Barry Eaton
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Barry Eaton
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Barry Eaton
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Barry Eaton
Digital gallery of
Private Douglas Barry Eaton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 298 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MONTECCHIO WAR CEMETERY Italy
The War Cemetery lies in the locality of Montecchio in the Commune of Montelabbate (Province of Pesaro). It stands on rising ground just North of the main road from Pesaro to Urbino, about 12 kilometres west of Pesaro. If approaching by car, take the road 423 from Pesaro to Urbino, following the signs for Montecchio. Just before entering the town, the Cemetery will be seen on the right hand side of the road.
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