Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Saul Rosenthal of Hutchison Street, Montreal, Quebec. Known as Velvel Ben Shimon Zeileg (Hebrew name). Died: July 25, 1943. Tamuz 22, 5704 (Hebrew date).
Gunner Rosenthal enlisted in the army in February 1942 and went overseas with the Royal Canadian Artillery of Montreal in June of the same year. Prior to his enlistment, he had worked for The Canadian Press. He had been an editor of the Fortnightly Review.
In one of his last reports to the Y.M.H.A. Beacon, he had written:
And when the air is once again clear from the smoky dust of fire, and when the blood of the dead and the wounded is dry, and the stench of human bodies is pure,
The men who are alive after victory is achieved, with God's aid, will return... For they (the dead) shall not have fallen in vain.
Not in a world where our holy sanctuaries are safe and unmolested, in a world where organizations, institutions of culture and learning and education are respected and upheld and supported.
No price is too great to pay. No life too precious, to enforce our beliefs and ideals.
(Canadian Jewish Congress publication: Canadian Jews in World War II, Part II Casualties)
Commemorated on the Baron de Hirsch Cemetery Monument.
Digital gallery of Gunner William Guy Rosenthal
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Cemetery
Entrance - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of William Rosenthal
William Rosenthal is honoured on page 62 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
William Rosenthal
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Guy Rosenthal
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Guy Rosenthal
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Guy Rosenthal
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Guy Rosenthal
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Guy Rosenthal
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Guy Rosenthal
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Guy Rosenthal
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Guy Rosenthal
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Guy Rosenthal
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 209 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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