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Private WILLIAM JOHN EAST

Service Number: M/16699
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Loyal Edmonton Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 23 December 1943

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

IV. G. 6.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Smeltzer East and Anna Jane East.
  • Personal Inscription YOU ARE RESTING IN ITALY BUT IN CANADA YOU LIVE FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1615
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