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Military service
Service number:
M/31739
Age:
27
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
January 29, 1917
La Pas, Manitoba
Enlistment:
October 5, 1940
Peace River, Alberta
Death:
August 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. E. 6.
Additional information
Son of Jemima Morrison of Brownvale, Alberta. Brother of Lambert, George, Everet, Freeman, Clifford, Alfred, Irene, Olive and Inez.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal (1939-45); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal William Morrison
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Grave Marker
A photograph 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) -
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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Newspaper clipping
Peace River Record Gazette Aug 25, 1944, Page 1 Peace River, Alberta, Canada
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Morrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Morrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Morrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Morrison
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 399 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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