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Military service
Service number:
F/45601
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Division:
54 Light Aid Detachment
Birth:
July 2, 1905
Stellarton, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
July 8, 1940
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Death:
July 20, 1944
Caen, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. D. 1.
Additional information
Son of John Adam and Bridget Ann Cullen. Brother of Thomas, John, Hugh, Robert, Mrs. Vincent Kirby and Mrs. John Laurence. Husband of Doris Hillrose Cullen and father of George John Otley and David Maxwell Cullen of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
His son George John Otley Cullen died on October 18, 1974 while serving with the Canadian Armed Forces.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Digital gallery of Private Clarence Cullen
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Photo of Clarence Cullen
Pictures of Clarence just before leaving for overseas. -
Photo of Clarence Cullen
Picture of Clarence just before leaving for overseas. -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Clarence Cullen
Digital gallery of
Private Clarence Cullen
Digital gallery of
Private Clarence Cullen
Digital gallery of
Private Clarence Cullen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 283 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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