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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
February 18, 1918
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
October 2, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
December 20, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. D. 13.
Additional information
Son of Edmund A. V. and Charlotte E. Mitchell of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His brother Lieutenant William Vaughan Mitchell was killed in action on December 20, 1941, while serving with the Winnipeg Grenadiers.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Eric Lawson Mitchell
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of ERIC LAWSON MITCHELL
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of ERIC LAWSON MITCHELL
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Leader Post Regina, Saskatchewan. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Eric Lawson Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Eric Lawson Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Eric Lawson Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Eric Lawson Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Eric Lawson Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Eric Lawson Mitchell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 39 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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