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Private WILLIAM PAUL DESSON

Service Number: B/602462
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's), R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1945

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

VII. C. 11.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Mary D. D'Eugenia Desson, of Niagara Falls, Ontario.
  • 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

HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Overijssel Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1394
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