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Thomas Charles Potenza

In memory of:

Sergeant Thomas Charles Potenza

November 2, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

B/137590

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Special Service Battalion, R.C.I.C.

Division:

1st

Additional Information


Son of Antonio and Josephine Potenza, of Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 419 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY
Bouches-du-Rhone, France

Grave Reference:

Plot 3. Row D. Grave 16.

Location:

Marseilles is the chief town in the Department of the Bouches-du-Rhone. Mazargues is a suburb on the south-east side of the town, 6 kilometres from the centre of Marseilles, on the coast road to Toulon via La Ciotat - Avenue General Delattre de Tassigny (No.24). The MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY lies on the western side of this road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Thomas Potenza– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me Personnel of 6-2, First Special Service Force, on patrol, Anzio beachhead, Italy

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