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Sidney Vessey

In memory of:

Lieutenant Sidney Vessey

August 17, 1943

Military Service

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Rocky Mountain Rangers

Additional Information

Son of John J. and Lillian Emily Vessey of Noranda, Quebec. Husband of Dolly Fanny Vessey, of Noranda, Québec.

Commemorated on Page 223 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

FORT RICHARDSON POST CEMETERY
Alaska, United States of America

Grave Reference:

Plot Z. Grave 226.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Funeral Service

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    Photo of Funeral Service
  • Photo of Original Graves– A photograph of the cemetary on Kiska Island with the four Canadian casualties. Eventually the remains of Private Gaston Boisclair, Private Gerard Desjardins, Private Peter Poshtar and Lieuntenant Sidney Vessey were later reburied in the Fort Richardson Cemetery in Alaska.

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    Photo of Original Graves
    Photo of Original Graves – A photograph of the cemetary on Kiska Island with the four Canadian casualties. Eventually the remains of Private Gaston Boisclair, Private Gerard Desjardins, Private Peter Poshtar and Lieuntenant Sidney Vessey were later reburied in the Fort Richardson Cemetery in Alaska.

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