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Military service
Service number:
B/63677
Age:
26
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
July 3, 1917
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 12, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. B. 13.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Mary McKechnie of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Dorothy Kathleen McKechnie, of Teddington, Middlesex, England.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Hamilton Arthur McKechnie
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Grave Marker
This photo fo Cpl McKechnie's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C on June 6th, 2003. -
Obituary
This obituary of Cpl McKechnie was clipped from a 1944 Toronto newspaper (on microfilm) by Padre Craig Cameron in 2002. -
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) -
Grave marker
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Photo of HAMILTON ARTHUR MCKECHNIE
Hamilton and Dorthy Smither's wedding photo. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of HAMILTON ARTHUR MCKECHNIE
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Grave marker
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Document
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Document
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Correspondence
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Hamilton Arthur McKechnie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Hamilton Arthur McKechnie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Hamilton Arthur McKechnie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Hamilton Arthur McKechnie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Hamilton Arthur McKechnie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Hamilton Arthur McKechnie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Hamilton Arthur McKechnie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Hamilton Arthur McKechnie
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Hamilton Arthur McKechnie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 388 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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