Military service
Service number:
H/40963
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
August 14, 1919
Marguette, Manitoba
Enlistment:
June 21, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 8.
Additional information
Son of Arthur and Rose Martin of Marguette, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal William John Martin
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Photo of William John Martin
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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
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William John Martin
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William John Martin
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William John Martin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 380 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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