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Lance Corporal JAMES WILFRED FOUNTAIN

Service Number: B/24421
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 20 December 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLANOVA CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

III, A, 9.

Italy

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Wilfred and Ella Fountain, of Sharon, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE WHO SINK TO REST BY ALL THEIR COUNTRY'S WISHES BLEST
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLANOVA CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 212
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