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Olive May Wallace

In memory of:

Corporal Olive May Wallace

May 11, 1943
Ottawa, Ontario

Military Service


Service Number:

W/3248

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Women's Army Corps

Additional Information


Born:

January 16, 1922
Woodrow, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

February 17, 1942
Kingston, Ontario

Daughter of John Seymour Wallace and Amy Mabel Wallace, of Kingston, Ontario. Brother of Lorne Wallace of Raymore, Saskatchewan.

Commemorated on Page 224 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Sec. 29. Lot 4. Grave 1 47.

Location:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery. The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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