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Flying Officer William Matthew Currie

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Military service

Service number: J/22532
Age: 24
Rank: Flying Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth: June 25, 1918 Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment: July 3, 1942 Alberta
Death: February 13, 1943

Burial/memorial information

GUIDEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Grave reference: Row 5. Grave 8.
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Son of Matthew and Agnes Currie, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Had previous service as a Gunner in the 2/91st Battery, RCA, CA (R). He enjoyed skating, hockey, rugby, track, golf and swimming. He listed himself as single, was an only child and his civilian occupation was stockkeeper. Cousin of William Matthew Livingstone of Calgary, Alberta, formerly served with Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 150 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GUIDEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY Morbihan, France

Guidel is a village in the Department of the Morbihan, 60 kilometres west-north-west of Vannes, the chief town of the Department, and 10 kilometres north-west of Lorient. It lies 2 kilometres off the Lorien-Quimperle Road. The GUIDEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on the north-eastern side of the village on the road to Gestel, opposite a market square.

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