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Military service
Service number:
B/63626
Age:
38
Rank:
Company Quarter Master Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
December 24, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. K. Grave 38.
Additional information
Son of John and Minnie Killey, of Toronto, husband of Beatrice C. Killey, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Company Quarter Master Sergeant James William Killey
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Photo of James William Killey
CQMS William Killey served with the Queen's Own Rifles through the Depression years and "went active" in 1940 when the regiment was mobilized for overseas service. He served in Newfoundland and was sent back to the 2nd Reserve Battalion in Toronto because of health issues. -
Gravemarker
Captain Craig Cameron took this photo of CQMS Killey's gravemarker in 1997. -
Photo 2 of Grave marker
James Killey grave marker at Pine Hills Cemetery, Toronto. (Photo by Murt Howell)
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant James William Killey
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant James William Killey
Digital gallery of
Company Quarter Master Sergeant James William Killey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 34 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (PINE HILLS) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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