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Military service
Service number:
M/28873
Age:
24
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Division:
9 Inf. Bde. Workshops
Birth:
December 2, 1919
Delia, Alberta
Enlistment:
March 18, 1941
Drumheller, Alberta
Death:
September 10, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
4. D. 5.
Additional information
Son of William Oliver and Augusta Morrison, of Delia, Alberta. Brother of Kenneth, Alice, Lois, Jennett and Audrey.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal (1939-45); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
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Grave Marker
Grave marker - Calais Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Entrance - Calais Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Calais Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Calgary Herald - 25 September 1944
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Staff Sergeant William James Morrison
Digital gallery of
Staff Sergeant William James Morrison
Digital gallery of
Staff Sergeant William James Morrison
Digital gallery of
Staff Sergeant William James Morrison
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 399 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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