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W. TEMPLETON WELL KNOWN IN NAPANEE – YOUNG MAN’S DEATH SOURCE OF REGRET IN COMMUNITY -  Napanee July 27 – Gnr. William (Bill) Templeton, RCA, who on July 21, succumbed to burns which he received in action on July 14, was born at Kingston on Aug 12, 1912.  He had always resided in Napanee with the exception of the time spent at college.  He was educated in the Napanee Public School (West Ward) and the Napanee Collegiate Institute, after which he attended Pickering College, Newmarket.  On his return to Napanee in 1931, he entered the Beaver Printing Office and became manager after the death of his father the late W. A. Templeton, in 1932, in which capacity he continued until his enlistment.  He enlisted in the RCA at Kingston in August of 1942 and was posted with a field regiment in England and went into action in the invasion of France and had only been there a few days when he received burns to the head, chest and arms, which later resulted in his untimely death.  Surviving him are his wife, the former Georgie Scott of Napanee,  one son, William Allan Templeton;  his mother, Mrs. W. A. Templeton, of Toronto;  one brother, Lieut Robert K. Templeton, now serving in France and his grandmother, Mrs. William Templeton, Napanee.  Deceased was a prominent and popular young business man and his many friends in Napanee and district learned with sincere regret of his sad death.