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Military service
Service number:
V/16443
Age:
22
Rank:
Petty Officer
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division:
H.M.C.S. Avalon
Death:
April 3, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. B. Plot 9. Grave K.
Additional information
Son of Ernest and Lilian Elvish, of Fort William, Ontario; husband of Elizabeth V. Elvish, of Fort William.
Digital gallery of Petty Officer James Elvish
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Attestation paper
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Document
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Grave marker
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Document
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Photo of JAMES ELVISH
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Death Certificate
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 512 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. JOHN'S (MOUNT PLEASANT) CEMETERY Newfoundland, Canada
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