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Military service
Service number:
H/42269
Age:
31
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Regina Rifle Regiment
Division:
1st Battalion
Enlistment:
July 22, 1940
Death:
July 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. G. 6.
Additional information
Son of Guy Rolland de Denus and Catherine de Denus, of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was single and worked as a brokerage clerk. He enlisted under the Non Permanent Active Militia Act serving with the 2nd Royal Winnipeg Rifles, attaining the rank of Lance Corporal. He re-enlisted under in the Regular Force on 7 July 1942 and served in Canada from 7 July 1942 to 25 August 1943, in the United Kingdom from 26 August 1943 to 5 June 1944 and in NorthWest Europe from 6 June 1944 until his death.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Sergeant George Joseph De Denus
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of George Joseph De Denus
Pictures from Debert, NS in 1942 and from Newcastle in 1944 -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Sergeant George Joseph De Denus
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Joseph De Denus
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Joseph De Denus
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Joseph De Denus
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 288 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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