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Murray Ronald Kimball

In memory of:

Trooper Murray Ronald Kimball

August 15, 1944
In the field

Military Service


Service Number:

G/19294

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.

Division:

6th Armd. Regt.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.

Additional Information


Born:

January 20, 1922
Oromocto, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

July 25, 1941
Fredericton, New Brunswick

Son of Harold G. and Lena M. Kimball, of Oromocto, Sunbury Co., New Brunswick.

Brother of Bombardier Keith Chesly Kimball who died on August 8, 1944 while serving with the Royal Canadian Artillery.

Commemorated on Page 352 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 19, Column 2.

Location:

The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Inscription– Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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