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Military service
Service number:
E/30124
Age:
20
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
November 16, 1921
Kildonan, Linlithgow, Scotland
Enlistment:
August 12, 1940
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
October 19, 1942
Sham Shui Po Hospital, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. D. 20.
Additional information
Son of James and Dorothy Ann McAra, of North Bay, Ontario.
He served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W and in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 799 days of service, including 357 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman William McAra
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Digital gallery of
Rifleman William McAra
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William McAra
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William McAra
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William McAra
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William McAra
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William McAra
Digital gallery of
Rifleman William McAra
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 95 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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