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Military service
Age:
41
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
6th Armd. Regt.
Birth:
February 12, 1903
Bayham, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 11, 1939
London, Ontario
Death:
June 11, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. D. 5.
Additional information
Son of William and Jane Smuck; husband of Hettie C. Smuck, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Captain Harry Lee Smuck
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Memorial
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Photo of Harry Lee Smuck
From "The Toronto Telegram", December 1944: Captain Smuck "Went into France on D-Day, was posted as missing June 11, 1944, and was officially presumed killed in action nine months later. Captain Smuck was a patrol sergeant on the Toronto police force before enlisting in 1939." -
Grave marker
Grave in Ryes Cemetery July 2003 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Harry Lee Smuck's grave at Ryes War Cemetery 29 May 2024.
Digital gallery of
Captain Harry Lee Smuck
Digital gallery of
Captain Harry Lee Smuck
Digital gallery of
Captain Harry Lee Smuck
Digital gallery of
Captain Harry Lee Smuck
Digital gallery of
Captain Harry Lee Smuck
Digital gallery of
Captain Harry Lee Smuck
Digital gallery of
Captain Harry Lee Smuck
Digital gallery of
Captain Harry Lee Smuck
Digital gallery of
Captain Harry Lee Smuck
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 448 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RYES WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
Leave Bayeux on the D12 to the east; at the village of Sommervieu carry straight on, following the D112, and after 3 kilometres turn right on to the D87. After climbing round a bend to the left, the cemetery will be found on the left hand side.
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