In Loving Memory of My Father and my Uncles who stood up for what they believed in, who fought for our future and our right to be free.
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Also for their brave spouses who waited patiently at home for them never knowing if they would see their husbands coming home to them again.
Adele and Harold Eckert my Parents
My Father Brothers who were also in the war and returned home safely Shirl, Eugene and Raymond Eckert all of whom have all since passed over.
My Mother and her family especially, missed dearly her little brother John who was killed in Italy at the age of 23 and in his memory I end my words today.
In memory ofPrivate JOHN ALFRED DOREY
who died on January 1, 1944
Service Number: B/42244
Age: 23
Force: Army
Unit: Royal Canadian Regiment
Age: 23
Force: Army
Unit: Royal Canadian Regiment
Only Son of John and Mary Dorey, of Ontario
PEACE
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