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Military service
Service number:
H/2970
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 3, 1917
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
November 17, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
December 20, 1941
Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 25.
Additional information
Son of James and Jane Starrett, of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Brother of Corporal Ewart Grenfell Starrett, who died on December 19, 1941 while serving the Winnipeg Grenadiers.
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Photo of William Starrett
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me. -
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Lance Corporal William James Starrett
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William James Starrett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 45 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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