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Thomas Southall Porter

In memory of:

Captain Thomas Southall Porter

July 18, 1943

Military Service

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Carleton and York Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Born:

May 21, 1914
Saint John, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

October 6, 1939
Saint John, New Brunswick

Son of Horace Alfred and Ethel Isabel Porter; husband of Mary Joyce Porter, of Ottawa, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 204 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

AGIRA CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Italy

Grave Reference:

A, B, 20.

Location:

Agira Canadian War Cemetery lies in the Commune of Agira, Province of Enna, in the centre of Sicily. From the autostrada A19, Catania-Palermo, take the exit to Catenanuova. Follow signposts to Regalbuto, then pass Regalbuto, going in the direction of Agira. The Cemetery is then signposted about 12 kilometres from Regalbuto. On 10 July 1943, following the successful conclusion of the north African campaign in mid May, a combined allied force of 160,000 Commonwealth and American troops invaded Sicily as a prelude to the assault on mainland Italy. The Italians, who would shortly make peace with the Allies and re-enter the war on their side, offered little determined resistance but German opposition was vigorous and stubborn. The campaign in Sicily came to an end on 17 August when the two allied forces came together at Messina, but failed to cut off the retreating Axis lines. Agira was taken by the 1st Canadian Division of 28 July and the site for the war cemetery was chosen in September for the burial of all Canadians who had been killed in the Sicily campaign. Agira Canadian War Cemetery contains 491 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of THOMAS SOUTHALL PORTER– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of THOMAS SOUTHALL PORTER – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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  • Grave marker– Photo: Kent Caldwell

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the St. John (New Brunswick) newspaper. c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the St. John (New Brunswick) newspaper. c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Telegraph Journal newspaper c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Telegraph Journal newspaper c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Agira Canadian War Cemetery

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  • Memorial Stained Glass– 4138 3 lt. Military figure (1945) stained glass memorial window by Robert McCausland Limited. in the Memorial Chapel at Rothsay Collegiate School, now Rothsay Netherwood School, Rothsay, N.B. World War I Lewis Almon Reay Mackay Jasper Boyd Andrews Ralph Markham Percy Irving Baker Norman Mungall John Samuel Brown Theophilus Henry Oliver George Stuart Burchill Lionel Overton Oliver John Daniel Brock George Nugent Dickson Otty Herbert Montgomery Campbell Franklin Sharp Rankin Reginald Herber Hamilton Daniel Earle Markee Scovil Frank Russell Fairweather Alexander Seaman Arthur Vernon Hatch Hugh Mariner Teed James Walter Holly Daniel Lionel Teed Charles Edward Kingdon Jones Lawrence Tremaine Wilkinson Charles Murray Lawson World War II Leo Campbell Armstrong John Colwell Kitchen George Edgar Auld David Maurice Legassick Donald Allison Black Ian Fraser Mac Witt Charles Corbett Brannen Hugh Kaye McAvity Peter George Victor Chandler George Eccles Nixon Arthur DeWitt George William Alexander Paterson Charles Fawcett Thomas Southall Porter Walter William Vassie Foster Walter Allison Prescott Duncan Alexander Hewitt Theodore Estabrooks Rising Alleyne Russell Hubbard Thomas Medley Kingdon Richards Chad Noel Millner Humphrys William Paterson Sprenger Victor Yelverton Haines Charles Lester Stevenson Ralph Royden Ings Gerradus Marinus Stonner Dale Sealy Kent Horace Burpee Tucker Arthur Haliburton King Korean War Cyril Harriot Hugh Meynell

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    Memorial Stained Glass
    Memorial Stained Glass – 4138 3 lt. Military figure (1945) stained glass memorial window by Robert McCausland Limited. in the Memorial Chapel at Rothsay Collegiate School, now Rothsay Netherwood School, Rothsay, N.B. World War I Lewis Almon Reay Mackay Jasper Boyd Andrews Ralph Markham Percy Irving Baker Norman Mungall John Samuel Brown Theophilus Henry Oliver George Stuart Burchill Lionel Overton Oliver John Daniel Brock George Nugent Dickson Otty Herbert Montgomery Campbell Franklin Sharp Rankin Reginald Herber Hamilton Daniel Earle Markee Scovil Frank Russell Fairweather Alexander Seaman Arthur Vernon Hatch Hugh Mariner Teed James Walter Holly Daniel Lionel Teed Charles Edward Kingdon Jones Lawrence Tremaine Wilkinson Charles Murray Lawson World War II Leo Campbell Armstrong John Colwell Kitchen George Edgar Auld David Maurice Legassick Donald Allison Black Ian Fraser Mac Witt Charles Corbett Brannen Hugh Kaye McAvity Peter George Victor Chandler George Eccles Nixon Arthur DeWitt George William Alexander Paterson Charles Fawcett Thomas Southall Porter Walter William Vassie Foster Walter Allison Prescott Duncan Alexander Hewitt Theodore Estabrooks Rising Alleyne Russell Hubbard Thomas Medley Kingdon Richards Chad Noel Millner Humphrys William Paterson Sprenger Victor Yelverton Haines Charles Lester Stevenson Ralph Royden Ings Gerradus Marinus Stonner Dale Sealy Kent Horace Burpee Tucker Arthur Haliburton King Korean War Cyril Harriot Hugh Meynell

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