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Military service
Service number:
A/23435
Age:
23
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
August 8, 1920
Arnold
Enlistment:
March 13, 1943
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
March 13, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. G. 6.
Additional information
Son of George W. and Ruth Leona Orris, of Arnold, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; husband of Marie Jeanie Warden Orris of London, Ontario. Father of William Paul. Brother of Raymond, Gene, Luther, Russell and Donald.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal William James Orris
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Entrance
Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of WILLIAM JAMES ORRIS
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lance Corporal William James Orris
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William James Orris
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William James Orris
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William James Orris
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 409 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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