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Military service
Service number:
B/37158
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 10, 1920
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 24, 1939
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
4. B. 1.
Additional information
Son of Earl and Florence Acton, of Hamilton, Ontario.
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Grave Marker
Marker -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Cemetery
Entrance - Calais Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Calais Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Acton
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Acton
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Acton
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Acton
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Acton
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Acton
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Acton
Digital gallery of
Private Earl Acton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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