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Private WILLIAM ALEXANDER MATHESON

Service Number: F/43977
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY

X, C, 9.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William Alexander Matheson and Bessie Matheson, of Falmouth, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE LOST ARE ABLE TO TELL THE PAIN OF THE HEART IN NOT SAYING FAREWELL
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Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1940
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