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Military service
Service number:
F/56802
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 19, 1908
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
April 27, 1943
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
June 7, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 8.
Additional information
Son of William and Grace McGinnis of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private William Joseph McGinnis
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Grave Marker
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph McGinnis
Digital gallery of
Private William Joseph McGinnis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 386 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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