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Military service
Service number:
M/7480
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 7, 1914
Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment:
June 28, 1943
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
July 25, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. E. 7.
Additional information
Son of Jessie Anderson of De Winton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private William Alexander Anderson
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of WILLIAM ALEXANDER ANDERSON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander Anderson
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander Anderson
Digital gallery of
Private William Alexander Anderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 237 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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