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Military service
Service number:
D/3746
Age:
31
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
7th Reconnaissance Regt.
Birth:
April 14, 1912
Dobrzony, Galicia, Poland
Enlistment:
March 13, 1941
Montreal South, Québec
Death:
May 23, 1943
Queens Hotel, Hastings, Surrey, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
40. C. 6.
Additional information
Son of John and the late Catherine (nee Hook) Stech, of Sydney, Nova Scotia. Brother of Anthony, Mary, Annie, Jennie, Stella and the late Olga.
Additional citations
Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Trooper William Francis Stech
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Trooper William Francis Stech
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 216 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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