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Military service
Service number:
D/140575
Age:
19
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Death:
June 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. B. 16.
Additional information
Son of Matti and Martha Makela, of Val D'Or, Province of Quebec.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Eino Makela
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Photo of Eino Makela
Matti and Martha and sons Eero and Eino. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Eino Makela
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Eino Makela
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022. -
Memorial
Rifleman Eino Makela is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Eino Makela
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Eino Makela
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Eino Makela
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Eino Makela
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Eino Makela
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 377 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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