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L/Cpl Carmen Christi Caponero 6-D-7
Carmen was born on June 15 1914 in Revelstoke, British Columbia, the son of Angelo and Mary Caponero (both Italians). He was married on July 1 1939 in Halden British Columbia with Amy Caponero and their sons were Donald John and Robert L. Caponero. His brothers were Charlie, Ernest and Tony Caponero and his sister…
Lees meerPte Leslie Keith Butterick 7-F-16
Leslie was born on October 6 1925 in Edmonton, the son of Leslie Harold and Isabel Butterick. He worked in an aircraft factory in Vancouver and he was member of the Church of England. He enlisted on June 6 1944 in Vancouver and he went overseas to the UK on December 31 and he went…
Lees meerPte Robert Stewart Bullock 3-G-6
Robert was born on July 1 1905 in Larkhall, Scotland as the son of David en Sarah Bullock. He was a farmer and member of the Presbyterian Church. He enlisted on April 19 1943 in Calgary and he went overseas to the UK on March 4 1943 and he went thereafter on June 17 1944…
Lees meerPte John Branscomb 6-D-11
John was born on March 23 1913 in Vancouver as the son of Guy (deceased) and Mary Lenora Branscomb (both Americans) of North Vancouver. He had a sister who supported his mother. He was a welder and member of the United Church. He enlisted on April 27 1943 in Vancouver after an unknown period of…
Lees meerPte George Albert Bouma 3-G-9
Albert was born on May 26 1923 in De Bilt Holland as the son of (father unknown) and Rosa Von Lima-Bouma (German) in a Roman Catholic family in De Bilt. His mother was remarried on July 25 1945 after a divorce. It is not known when he or his family emigrated to Canada, but he…
Lees meerPte Roy James Sim 1-B-3
Roy was born on November 29 1924 in Vancouver, the son of Marion James (American) and Edith Mary Sim nee Kendrick. His brother was Walter Albert Sim. He was a truck driver and member of the Baptist Church. He enlisted on February 7 1944 in Vancouver and he went on July 19 1944 overseas to…
Lees meerPte Walter Robert Robinson 2-H-4
Walter was born on August 27 1913 in Tisdale Saskatchewan as the son of Thomas and Mary Robinson (deceased) of Vancouver. His parents were married in 1912 in Melfort Saskatchewan. He was married on September 4 1943 in Vancouver with Myrtle May Robinson of Vancouver. His sister was Mrs. Dorothy Budney. He was a shipyard…
Lees meerPte Alfred Arthur Murray 1-B-2
Alfred Arthur Murray was born in the small town of Fernie, BC on March 7, 1916. His widower father John James Murray (born in Scotland) had two children by his first marriage. He then married Rose Hannah Sinclair, a widow born in England, who also had two children. This blended family had three more children…
Lees meerLt Clayton Leroy Mitchell 1-B-7
Clayton was born on April 1915 in London Ontario, the son of George Albert and Rhea Jane Mitchell-Taylor. His brothers were Lloyd (born 1910), sister Enid (born 1911), and Carl (born 1918), Orville John (born 1921), William (born 1925) and Leslie (born 1927). His mother was already deceased when he went into the army. He…
Lees meerPte Gerald Havelock Mason 1-B-1
Gerald was born on June 7 1922 (but the real date is May 25 1925) in Woodstock Ontario as the son of Walter and Sarah Annie Mason, of Toronto. He was a factory hand and he was a member of the United Church. He enlisted on May 1 1942 in Toronto and they discovered after…
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