Military service
Service number:
SF 104308
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Division:
2nd Battalion
Birth:
March 7, 1946
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
August 12, 1963
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
February 26, 1969
Mechede, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 4, Row G, Grave # 6
Additional information
Son of Willia and Lily (nee Broadbent) Huestis of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Brother of Roger.
Additional citations
Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, Special Service Medal, United Nations Forces in Cyprus (UNFICYP),
Digital gallery of Private William Arthur Huestis
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Photo of WILLIAM ARTHUR HUESTIS
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Photo of WILLIAM ARTHUR HUESTIS
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Grave Marker
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Huestis
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Huestis
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Huestis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 146 of the In the Service of Canada, Vol. I (1947 – 2014) Book of Remembrance.
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WERL CENTRAL CEMETERY Germany
There were 448 Canadians (124 Post-War military and 324 Dependants) buried in the Central Cemetery in Werl, Germany. Unlike most of North America, in most locations in Europe plots are not acquired in perpetuity but rather for a specific period of time, normally 20 to 25 years, after which the grave marker is removed and eventually the plot is reused. Fortunately, the burials in both two Canadian Sections in Werl were leased by Canada and there has been no loss of graves.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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