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Lieutenant WILLIAM ALEXANDER AIRTH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Special Service Battalion, R.C.I.C.

1st

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XVII. D. 6.

Italy

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Maggie Airth, of Quebec City, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription A TRIBUTE OF LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE. ONE WE SHALL NEVER FORGET. MOTHER, DAD, PEGGY AND JAMES
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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