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Military service
Age:
31
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
6th Armd. Regt.
Death:
June 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. F. 1.
Additional information
Son of Matthew A. and Delena T. Deans, of Sprucedale, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Bruce Mackenzie Deans
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Photo of Bruce Deans
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Entrance
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Bruce M. Deans
Lt. Bruce M. Deans -
Memorial
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Grave marker
A photograph (2010) 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) -
Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Lieutenant Bruce MacKenzie Deans is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Lieutenant Bruce MacKenzie Deans is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Banner
Yearly, in about October and November, banners are displayed in Barrie, Ontario, in remembrance of local war dead. Pictured here is a banner commemorating Lieutenant Bruce Deans. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2020.) -
Photo of BRUCE MACKENZIE DEANS
Photograph of Bruce Deans in the rank of trooper, taken sometime during April to October 1942. In October 1942, he became an officer cadet and was subsequently commissioned. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Bruce Mackenzie Deans
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Bruce Mackenzie Deans
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Bruce Mackenzie Deans
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Bruce Mackenzie Deans
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Bruce Mackenzie Deans
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Bruce Mackenzie Deans
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Bruce Mackenzie Deans
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Bruce Mackenzie Deans
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Bruce Mackenzie Deans
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 288 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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