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Military service
Service number:
M/1475
Age:
20
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
May 8, 1924
Edmonton, Alberta
Enlistment:
April 5, 1944
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
October 28, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 4.
Additional information
Son of Annie E. Heeks, of Edmonton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Leonard Andrew Heeks
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Photo of Leonard Heeks
Leonard Heeks, born in 1924 in Edmonton, Alberta where he attended Eastwood School. He enlisted in April 1944 and was killed in action October 1944. He is buried in Belgium. -
Photo of Leonard Heeks
Leonard Heeks at home before being deployed -
Photo of Leonard Heeks
1944 before deployment -
Grave marker
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave Marker
Profile Leonard Andrew Heeks: https://commonwealth-adegem.com/heeks-leonard-andrew -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Bulletin November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Leonard Andrew Heeks
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Leonard Andrew Heeks
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Leonard Andrew Heeks
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Leonard Andrew Heeks
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Leonard Andrew Heeks
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Leonard Andrew Heeks
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Leonard Andrew Heeks
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Leonard Andrew Heeks
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 332 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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