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George Joseph Billings

In memory of:

Stoker 1st Class George Joseph Billings

May 27, 1945

Military Service

Service Number:

A/3104

Age:

29

Force:

Navy

Unit:

Royal Canadian Navy Reserve

Division:

H.M.C.S. Discovery

Additional Information

Born:

March 26, 1916
Orangeville, Ontario

Enlistment:

August 22, 1940
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of John Joseph and Sarah Ann Billings, of Brampton, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 496 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SHELBURNE CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Plot 230.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave marker– Marker at the grave of Stoker 1st Class George J. Billings, Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, in the Shelburne Cemetery, Highway 10, Melancthon Township, just north of Shelburne, Ontario. A personal message near the bottom of the stone reads, AT REST TILL WE MEET AGAIN. (Submitted by Navy League Cadet Corps CHAMBLY, Barrie, Ontario. Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2018.)

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – Marker at the grave of Stoker 1st Class George J. Billings, Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, in the Shelburne Cemetery, Highway 10, Melancthon Township, just north of Shelburne, Ontario. A personal message near the bottom of the stone reads, AT REST TILL WE MEET AGAIN. (Submitted by Navy League Cadet Corps CHAMBLY, Barrie, Ontario. Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2018.)
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram June 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram June 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram June 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram June 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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