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Military service
Service number:
A/105016
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 27, 1923
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 27, 1942
London, Ontario
Death:
October 3, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D. 24.
Additional information
Son of Harry R. Holbrook, and of Mary Holbrook, of Galt, Ontario,
Digital gallery of Private Archibald William Holbrook
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War Memorial
Galt Memorial -
Photo of Archie Holbrook
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Grave Marker
Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
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 -
Medal
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ARCHIBALD WILLIAM HOLBROOK
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald William Holbrook
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald William Holbrook
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald William Holbrook
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald William Holbrook
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald William Holbrook
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald William Holbrook
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald William Holbrook
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald William Holbrook
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald William Holbrook
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 337 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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