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Military service
Service number:
D/10960
Age:
23
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
2 Survey Regt.
Birth:
October 10, 1920
Death:
August 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. C. 13.
Additional information
Son of John Victor and Mary Catherine Macbain Howey, of Crossfield, Alberta.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France-Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Gunner Richard Macbain Howey
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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) -
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) -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Richard Macbain Howey
Dick Howey c 19443/44
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Gunner Richard Macbain Howey
Digital gallery of
Gunner Richard Macbain Howey
Digital gallery of
Gunner Richard Macbain Howey
Digital gallery of
Gunner Richard Macbain Howey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 339 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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