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Military service
Service number:
L/105290
Age:
20
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
April 1, 1924
Lac Vert, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
February 25, 1943
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
June 17, 1944
Putot-en-Bessin, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. F. 11.
Additional information
Son of John William and Ethel Wales, of Pleasantdale, Saskatchewan.
The government of Saskatchewan honoured Rifleman Wales by naming Wales Lake, located northwest of Lloyd Lake, in his memory.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Douglas Wales
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Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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) -
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) -
Photo of DOUGLAS WALES
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Douglas Wales
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Douglas Wales
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Douglas Wales
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Douglas Wales
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Douglas Wales
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Douglas Wales
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 470 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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