Military service
Service number:
H/17833
Age:
23
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
July 10, 1920
Savanne, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 8, 1941
Fort William, Ontario
Death:
June 17, 1944
Normandy, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. F. 7.
Additional information
Son of Robert and Agnes (nee Rath) Sawdo, of Savanne, Ontario. Brother of Anne, Mary, Lily, Robert Junior and Philip Sawdo.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Louis Sawdo
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Photo of LOUIS SAWDO
H-17833, WPG. Rifleman, Louis L Sawdo -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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)
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Louis Sawdo
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Louis Sawdo
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Louis Sawdo
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Louis Sawdo
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Louis Sawdo
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Louis Sawdo
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 437 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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