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THISTLE, WALTER LESLIE

    Originating from: Toronto Ontario Canada
    Date of birth (dd-mm-yyyy): 24-11-1923
    Born in: Boston United States
    Parents: Clement Thistle and Mary Thistle
    Date of death (dd-mm-yyyy): 04-11-1944
    Age at death: 21 year
    Presumed place of death: Steenbergen, slightly southwest of the Molenweg
    Temporary cemetery: temporary cemetery of Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery
    Final cemetery: Canadian War Cemetery
    Grave number (plot, row, grave): 08 A 08
    Rank: Private
    Service number: B/142887

    Regiment:

    Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C.

    Life story:

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    Photo gallery

    13, Bellefair Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
    Danfort Technical School, Toronto
    The Thistle brothers. From back to front: Clement, Walter, David, Harry, Richard and Robert.
    Walter with his arms around his 2 younger brothers on the beach of Lake Ontario. On the left of the photo is Robert Thistle and on the right Richard Thistle (July 1943).
    Walter on a bicycle near Lake Ontario (July 1943).
    Comrades by Walter Thistle
    Walter in military uniform. Photo probably taken in Belgium in October 1944.
    grave during the evening of lights on December 24, 2021
    grave during the evening of lights on December 24, 2021