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Trooper DONALD THURSTON

Service Number: B/19500
Regiment & Unit/Ship

1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.

"B" Sqn., 6th Armd. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN

7. B. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Florence Thurston, of Toronto, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE HELPLESS TO DEFEND, A FAITHFUL SOLDIER'S NOBLE END
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Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 729
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