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Military service
Service number:
L/27606
Age:
23
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Regina Rifle Regiment
Birth:
March 13, 1921
Lebret, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
June 20, 1940
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. B. 1.
Additional information
Son of Alex and Flora Desjarlais of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Mathew Joseph Desjarlais
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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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Mathew Joseph Desjarlais
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Mathew Joseph Desjarlais
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Mathew Joseph Desjarlais
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Mathew Joseph Desjarlais
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 290 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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