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Private GEORGE NELSON TOWART

Service Number: A/49992
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Regiment

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1943

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AGIRA CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

A, H, 115.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mildred Mabel Towart, of Chatham, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription FIGHTING FOR HUMANITY HE FELL GOD'S ANGELS SAW HIM AND THEY WEPT "GOD'S FINGER TOUCHED HIM AND HE SLEPT"
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Buried or commemorated at

AGIRA CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 490
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