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Private WILLIAM J. McGINNIS

Service Number: L/2848
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 25 April 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY

Cdn. Sec. B. D. 4.

Japan

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John Anderson McGinnis and Pearl McGinnis; stepson of Maude McGinnis, of Govan, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE, WHEN OUR WORK IS DONE WITH JOY WE SHALL MEET YOU, SON

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Buried or commemorated at

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan
Number of casualties: 1689
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