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Military service
Service number:
C/98652
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Division:
2 Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit
Birth:
June 12, 1924
Brockville, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 12, 1942
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
October 14, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. B. 3.
Additional information
Son of William Wellington Van Dusen and Mabel Van Dusen, of Brockville, Ontario.
Commemorated on the Brockville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School Roll of Honour.
Digital gallery of Private William Ralph Van Dusen
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Photo of William Ralph Van Dusen
My Uncle Ralph. Killed in the war at 19 years young. Always thought of even though I did not have the privilege of meeting him -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
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
Digital gallery of
Private William Ralph Van Dusen
Digital gallery of
Private William Ralph Van Dusen
Digital gallery of
Private William Ralph Van Dusen
Digital gallery of
Private William Ralph Van Dusen
Digital gallery of
Private William Ralph Van Dusen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 468 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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