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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Division:
20 Field Company
Birth:
May 24, 1915
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
February 27, 1941
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
November 4, 1944
Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. E. 14.
Additional information
Son of William John and Dortha Alberta (nee Donaldson) Holland of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Donaldson Clarke Holland
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Grave Marker
Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Donaldson Holland
In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. 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 -
Newspaper clipping
The Vancouver Sun, November 22, 1944
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Lieutenant Donaldson Clarke Holland
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Donaldson Clarke Holland
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Donaldson Clarke Holland
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Donaldson Clarke Holland
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Donaldson Clarke Holland
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Donaldson Clarke Holland
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Donaldson Clarke Holland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 337 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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