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Military service
Service number:
K800311
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Division:
2nd Battalion
Birth:
September 14, 1929
Virden, Manitoba
Enlistment:
August 22, 1950
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
May 30, 1951
Pocheon-si, South Korea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
20.4.1161
Additional information
Son of William and Wilhelmina Strachan of Kelowna, British Columbia. Brother of Edwin John, George Gordon, Margaret Alexina, Edna Isobel, Jessie Elizabeth and Shirley Anne.
Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.
Digital gallery of Private William Leslie Strachan
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Korean Veterans War Memorial
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Memorial
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Newspaper clipping
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Grave Marker
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Memorial
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Photo of William Strachan
Digital gallery of
Private William Leslie Strachan
Digital gallery of
Private William Leslie Strachan
Digital gallery of
Private William Leslie Strachan
Digital gallery of
Private William Leslie Strachan
Digital gallery of
Private William Leslie Strachan
Digital gallery of
Private William Leslie Strachan
Digital gallery of
Private William Leslie Strachan
Digital gallery of
Private William Leslie Strachan
Digital gallery of
Private William Leslie Strachan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 70 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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