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Military service
Service number:
K/62066
Age:
26
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
February 5, 1918
Victoria, British Columbia
Enlistment:
September 13, 1939
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
July 1, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. B. 8.
Additional information
Son of James O'Connell and Mary O'Connell (nee Kyle), of Victoria, British Columbia. Sgt O'Connell attended St. Louis College and Victoria College, and enlisted in the first battalion of the Canadian Scottish at the outbreak of the war. He arrived in England in September 1941. He had been active in the International Relations Society of Victoria College.
Digital gallery of Sergeant John Joseph O'Connell
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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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria Daily Times. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria Daily Times. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Joseph O'Connell
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Joseph O'Connell
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Joseph O'Connell
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Joseph O'Connell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 407 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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