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Rifleman WILLIAM KACHAFANAS

Service Number: B/162294
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 26 February 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

VIII. D. 7.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of James and Vasiliki Kachafanas, of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. B.Sc.
  • Personal Inscription HIS FOES WERE THINE, HE KEPT US FREE, MAY GOD MAKE HIM WELCOME; THIS IS HE
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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