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Military service
Service number:
A/38237
Age:
23
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
March 12, 1921
Tavistock, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 24, 1940
Kitchener, Ontario
Death:
July 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. C. 11.
Additional information
Son of John and Helena Weitzel of Tavistock, Ontario.
Additional citations
1939–1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal & Clasp.<BR>
Mentioned in Dispatches
Digital gallery of Corporal Francis Roy Weitzel
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Francis Roy Weitzel
Crossing to Juno Beach- Cpl. Weitzel is pictured exiting the doorway. -
Medals
Cpl. Weitzel and medals in a Remembrance Day article - KW Record -
Photo of Francis Roy Weitzel
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Mention in Dispatches
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Photo
Flowers at memorial service. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
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Circumstances of death
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Group Photo
Francis is the tall person in the middle. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Roy Weitzel
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Roy Weitzel
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Roy Weitzel
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Roy Weitzel
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Roy Weitzel
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Roy Weitzel
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Roy Weitzel
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Roy Weitzel
Digital gallery of
Corporal Francis Roy Weitzel
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 474 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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