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Sergeant John Charles Pirie
Sergeant John Charles Pirie
Service Number: B/37718 - Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Died 21 October 1944, age 23
Son of William S. and Mary J. Pirie, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Personal Inscription: WE HAVE MISSED HIM MOST WHO LOVED HIM BEST. MOTHER AND FATHER
BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY 2. B. 3.
Sergeant John Charles Pirie was first buried in a field grave at Zandstraat in Essen (Belgium) and then reburied in Bergen-op-zoom Canadian War Cemetery.
The info provided below came from https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2642181?John%20Charles%20Pirie
Grave Marker – Pte. Fred Russell, who took this photo, served with Sgt. Pirie in the Lincoln and Welland Regiment during WW2. He took this photo in 1944 or 1945 and brought it home from war, which would indicate his high regard and grief felt in the loss of his fallen comrade. Date of Birth:19 Apr 1921 Date of Death:21 Oct 1944
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