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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
37
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Calgary Regiment, R.C.A.C.
Division:
14th Armd. Regt.
Birth:
April 27, 1907
Chicago
Enlistment:
March 25, 1941
Death:
July 1, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V, H, 6.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Mary Leslie; husband of Hilda Gertrude Leslie.
Digital gallery of Major Alexander Walter Leslie
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Detail of the epitaph on the gravestone of Maj W.A. Leslie in the Assisi War Cemetery, Near Assisi, Italy. -
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For the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Digital gallery of
Major Alexander Walter Leslie
Digital gallery of
Major Alexander Walter Leslie
Digital gallery of
Major Alexander Walter Leslie
Digital gallery of
Major Alexander Walter Leslie
Digital gallery of
Major Alexander Walter Leslie
Digital gallery of
Major Alexander Walter Leslie
Digital gallery of
Major Alexander Walter Leslie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 364 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ASSISI WAR CEMETERY Italy
The Assisi War Cemetery forms part of the locality of Rivotorto in the Commune of Assisi, in the Province of Perugia. From Rome, take highway A1, Rome-Milano, come off at Orte and go along the road 75 for Perugia and follow the direction signs for Assisi. Take the road to Rivotorto, and at a crossroad from which a church is visible, turn left. The Assisi War Cemetery is reached after about 500 metres .
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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