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Military service
Service number:
B/63746
Age:
26
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
January 7, 1918
Barrie, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 13, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 8.
Additional information
Son of John and Sarah Dainty of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Corporal John William Dainty
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Photo of John W. Dainty
Corporal Dainty enlisted in 1940 with the QOR of C as a Rifleman and served for four years in Canada and England. He was KIA on D-Day leading his section of B Company at Bernieres-sur-mer. -
Gravemarker
This photo of Corporal Dainty's gravemarker was taken by Padre Cameron in June 1997. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Bruce MacFarlane -
Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Dog Tags
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Grave Marker
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Photo
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN WILLIAM DAINTY
John (Bill) and Bill Butler. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN WILLIAM DAINTY
John (Bill) and Bill Butler. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Notification of death
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal John William Dainty
Digital gallery of
Corporal John William Dainty
Digital gallery of
Corporal John William Dainty
Digital gallery of
Corporal John William Dainty
Digital gallery of
Corporal John William Dainty
Digital gallery of
Corporal John William Dainty
Digital gallery of
Corporal John William Dainty
Digital gallery of
Corporal John William Dainty
Digital gallery of
Corporal John William Dainty
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 285 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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