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Private MURRAY EARL LEIGHTON

Service Number: F/89746
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cape Breton Highlanders, R.C.I.C

Date of Death

Died 08 September 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY

I, F, 10.

Italy

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Harry Emmerson Leighton and Lillian Beatrice Leighton, of Wentworth Creek, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription THIS IS THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH
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Buried or commemorated at

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1192
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