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Military service
Service number:
F/88975
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 25, 1922
Peters Road, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
September 2, 1941
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Death:
October 15, 1944
Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. E. 7.
Additional information
Son of Amon and Lila Acorn of Peters Road, Prince Edward Island. Brother of Fred, Archibald, Earl, Alfred, Margaret, Laura, Inez and Julia.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, War medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp
Digital gallery of Private Charles John Acorn
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Entrance
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Digital gallery of
Private Charles John Acorn
Digital gallery of
Private Charles John Acorn
Digital gallery of
Private Charles John Acorn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 234 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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