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Military service
Service number:
M/1662
Age:
19
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
February 28, 1925
Grosswerder, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
May 9, 1944
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
February 16, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 9.
Additional information
Son of John and Theresa Schneider, of Camrose, Alberta. Brother of Trooper Nicholas Peter Schneider who died on December 8, 1943 while serving with the Calgary Regiment.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Peter Jacob Schneider
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Grave marker
Lieutenant-Colonel Rogozinsky visits the grave of Rifleman P.J. Schneider who is buried at the Groesbeek Commonwealth cemetery in the Netherlands. LCol Rogozinsky left behind a message from Rifleman Schneider's sister who lives in Edmonton and has never had an opportunity to visit her brother's grave.<p>Photo Sgt David Snashall, July 22, 2004, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. -
Grave marker
September 2012 - The flag was at the grave site when I arrived to lay the roses. A rose for each of his brothers and sisters, one of which was my grandfather. My grandmother still has the last letter that Uncle Jack wrote to her, dated February 14, 1945. For as long as I could remember my grandmothers birthday was always a solemn occasion, which I never understood until I visited Uncle Jack's grave. I never knew that he was killed on her birthday. -
Paying respects
My Grandfather, Peter Schneider, at his brother's grave. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Rifleman Peter Jacob Schneider
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Peter Jacob Schneider
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Peter Jacob Schneider
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Peter Jacob Schneider
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Commemorated on:
Page 562 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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