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Alto, William Wilfred Private H62769 CFC Wing, No. 10 District Depot, Port Arthur Transferred to No. 20 Company - bushman Canadian Forestry Corps Transferred to Rocky Mountain Rangers - rifleman Transferred to Royal Winnipeg Rifles - rifleman 6 Apr 1910 – dob – Monds Mine, Ontario 1928 – 1934 – 6 years bush work - various locations 1939 – 1940 – diamond drilling – Miranda, Quebec 29 Apr 1941 – date of enlistment - 126 Huron St., Sault Saint Marie 29 Apr 1941 – enlistment in Army - No. 10 District Depot, Port Arthur 11 May 1941 - attached to No. 19 Coy CFC – Valcartier Camp, Que 7 Jun 1941 – Taken on strength No. 20 Coy CFC – Cove Field Barracks 18 Jun 1941 – Embarked – Halifax 2 Jul 1941 – Disembarked – Gournock, Scotland went to camp at Kincraig, Scotland 16 May 1943 – transferred to No. 1 CARU Canadian Army Reinforcement Unit 10 Aug 1943 – married to Miss Jean Grant Ross 25 Aug 1944 - Transferred to Rocky Mountain Rangers 4 Nov 1944 – disembarked – North West Europe 10 Nov 1944 – Transferred to Winnipeg Riffles 16 Feb 1945 – killed in action - Holland No. 20 Company, Canadian Forestry Corps War Diaries Library And Archives Canada Military Heritage 16 May 1941 – TOS on posting from CFC Wing - No. 10 District Depot, Port Arthur
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Alto, William Wilfred Private H62769 CFC Wing, No. 10 District Depot, Port Arthur Transferred to No. 20 Company - bushman
Canadian Forestry Corps Transferred to Rocky Mountain Rangers - rifleman
Transferred to Royal Winnipeg Rifles - rifleman
6 Apr 1910 – dob – Monds Mine, Ontario
1928 – 1934 – 6 years bush work - various locations
1939 – 1940 – diamond drilling – Miranda, Quebec
29 Apr 1941 – date of enlistment - 126 Huron St., Sault Saint Marie
29 Apr 1941 – enlistment in Army - No. 10 District Depot, Port Arthur
11 May 1941 - attached to No. 19 Coy CFC – Valcartier Camp, Que
7 Jun 1941 – Taken on strength No. 20 Coy CFC – Cove Field Barracks
18 Jun 1941 – Embarked – Halifax
2 Jul 1941 – Disembarked – Gournock, Scotland went to camp at Kincraig, Scotland
16 May 1943 – transferred to No. 1 CARU Canadian Army Reinforcement Unit
10 Aug 1943 – married to Miss Jean Grant Ross
25 Aug 1944 - Transferred to Rocky Mountain Rangers
4 Nov 1944 – disembarked – North West Europe
10 Nov 1944 – Transferred to Winnipeg Riffles
16 Feb 1945 – killed in action - Holland
No. 20 Company, Canadian Forestry Corps War Diaries Library And Archives Canada Military Heritage
16 May 1941 – TOS on posting from CFC Wing - No. 10 District Depot, Port Arthur
16 Jun 1941 – No. 20 Coy CFC – Nominal Roll of all ranks
12 Jul 1941 – returned from 5 days landing leave
Source – his service records
Courtesy of Jean-Francois Chicoine
Roll Call of Honour http://www.honourthem.ca/masterDetail.cfm?ID=92308 Veterans Affairs Canada http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2662523 Commonwealth War Graves Commission https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2662523/ALTO,%20WILLIAM%20WILFRED
16 June 1941 Canadian Finnish Soldiers in WW II http://www.genealogia.fi/emi/emi3d48ae.htm
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