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Sgt Albert Ernest MacDonald 12-H-15
Albert was born on September 30 1919 in Penticton British Columbia, the son of Albert Earnest and Margaret K. E. MacDonald. He was the husband of Gladys Mary MacDonald, of Victoria British Columbia. Their children were Jacqueline (5) and Ronald (3) MacDonald and his brothers were Harold and Frank MacDonald. The other brother Wilfred Andrew…
Lees meerPte Stanley Owen Jones 7-B-15
Stanley was born on September 1924 in Massett British Columbia, the son of Elizabeth Jones (father David Jones was already deceased when he enlisted). He was a First Nation of the Haida tribe of Massett. His brother was Vinton Jones and sisters were: Hester Marks, Myrtle Freda Pongracz, Norma and Marina Jones. There were more…
Lees meerPte John Edward Cook 10-D-3
John was born on November 26 1925 in Kuskie Idaho USA as the son of Edward Lee and Goldia Violet Cook (both Americans), of Grand Forks, British Columbia. His brothers were Howard E. (also in the army overseas) , Martin H. and Garfield Cook. His sisters were Mrs. Audrey Neven, Mrs. B.L. Brown and Alberta,…
Lees meerPte George Collins 8-E-6
George was born on September 21 1916 in Yorkton Saskatchewan as the son of Mr. and Mrs. Collins (both deceased). He was the youngest of 6 siblings and he was after the death of his mother at the age of four placed in an orphanage and thereafter raised up by his father till his death…
Lees meerPte John Archie Cameron 8-D-13
John was born on May 2 1917 in Rossland British Columbia, the son of John Duncan and Catherine Margaret Cameron of Vancouver. His parents were married on January 22 1916 in Sydney Nova Scotia. His sisters were Mrs. Mary Ann Wardley, Mrs. Margaret Jessie Combs and Mrs. Katherine Valerie Sevriene. He was a mill worker…
Lees meerPte Calvin John Brown 8-E- 3
Calvin was born on July 8 1924 in Rocky Mountain House Alberta, the son of Theodore William Earl Brown (USA) and Ethel Vorise Creasey Brown (USA) of New Westminster BC. His brothers were Jesse and Robert Brown. He was a farmer and member of the United Church. He enlisted on October 8 1943 in Calgary…
Lees meerPte Sidney Joseph Backus 12-A-11
Sidney was born on July 29 1909 in Sydney British Columbia, the son of Thomas and Ada Backus, of Victoria, British Columbia. He was a shingler and member of the United Church. He enlisted on June 23 1940 in Victoria British Columbia and he went on September 2 1941 overseas to the UK and…
Lees meerPte Thomas Thomas 9-H-16
An American of Welsh decent in The Canadian Army The capital of Overijssel was freed. In the town of Zwolle was the beginning of the festivities come to initiate a bit already. But the clashes were not over yet. In Voorst, north of Zwolle, fell at the beginning of the evening on the 14th…
Lees meerPte Alexander Elias Serediak 5-B-5
Photo Left Alexander and Father Note Translation by Google translate Alex Serediak, forgotten liberator of Zwolle Alex Serediak does not have a street name in Zwolle, like Leo Major. There is no park named after him, as for Welly Arsenault. Nevertheless, he contributed in no small measure to the liberation of the Overijssel capital in April…
Lees meerPte James Laurence Auchterlonie 11-G-02
James Laurence Auchterlonie, the beloved son of Rutherford Hope Auchterlonie and Florence Bryant Neunham (English) was born on December 7 1924 in Victoria, British Columbia. His father was already deceased when he enlisted and he was the oldest child and he had three younger sisters: Marguerite and Doreen Auchterlonie and half-sister Carol Neunham, where he…
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