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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
May 30, 1920
Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
August 16, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 1, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A, C, 42.
Additional information
Son of Allan Napier Whitelaw and Marion Whitelaw, of Oshawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Captain George Turnbull Whitelaw
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Entrance
Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 -
Grave marker
Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 -
Headstone of George T. Whitelaw
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Photo of George Turnbull Whitelaw
In memory of the Fathers, Husbands and Sons of the Oshawa Branch of the Silver Cross Women of Canada. Image from their book titled Book of Remembrance which is held at the Oshawa Public Library. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Group photo
L-R Lt. McCutcheon, Lt. Witelaw (KIA), Capt. Corbett, Capt. Cayley, Major BB KIng and Capt Nicoll.<P> Bde. Sports Day July 1942<P> In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. Bde. Sports Day July 1942 -
Badge
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Captain George Turnbull Whitelaw
Digital gallery of
Captain George Turnbull Whitelaw
Digital gallery of
Captain George Turnbull Whitelaw
Digital gallery of
Captain George Turnbull Whitelaw
Digital gallery of
Captain George Turnbull Whitelaw
Digital gallery of
Captain George Turnbull Whitelaw
Digital gallery of
Captain George Turnbull Whitelaw
Digital gallery of
Captain George Turnbull Whitelaw
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 226 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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