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Military service
Service number:
C/53157
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 16, 1921
Sokal, Poland
Enlistment:
June 28, 1940
Peterbourough, Ontario
Death:
July 9, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. G. 13.
Additional information
Son of Steve Dedeck of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Gerald Dedeck
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Photo of Gerald Dedeck
Jerry sent this photo to his foster mother with this written on the back:<P> A friend to me you've always been And are the tops in my steem And if we do not meet again Deep in my heart you will remain. Love Jerry -
Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & 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) -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Dedeck
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Dedeck
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Dedeck
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Dedeck
Digital gallery of
Private Gerald Dedeck
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 288 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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