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Lance Corporal GEORGE MELVILLE STRAUGHAN

Service Number: A/59488
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's), R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 20 April 1945

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

VI. F. 2.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Melville Straughan and Mabel Straughan, of Auburn, Huron Co., Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVED SON. "HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP" BEYOND THE SUNSET OH, GLAD RE-UNION
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Buried or commemorated at

HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Overijssel Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1394
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