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Private JOHN METCALFE

Service Number: F/55243
Regiment & Unit/Ship

North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 07 June 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, REVIERS

XVI. D. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Violet Metcalfe, of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION SO MANKIND COULD BE FREE
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Buried or commemorated at

BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, REVIERS
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2049
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