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Military service
Service number:
B/76727
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Death:
September 16, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II, D, 2.
Additional information
Son of William John and Adeline Irwin; husband of Yvonne Irene Irwin.
Digital gallery of Private William John Irwin
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Cemetery
Entrance - Coriano Ridge War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Coriano Ridge War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Coriano Ridge War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Headstone of William J. Irwin
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Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
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Photo of WILLIAM JOHN IRWIN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Badge
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON
Digital gallery of
Private William John Irwin
Digital gallery of
Private William John Irwin
Digital gallery of
Private William John Irwin
Digital gallery of
Private William John Irwin
Digital gallery of
Private William John Irwin
Digital gallery of
Private William John Irwin
Digital gallery of
Private William John Irwin
Digital gallery of
Private William John Irwin
Digital gallery of
Private William John Irwin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 343 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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