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Military service
Service number:
L/10456
Age:
23
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
1st Canadian Division
Birth:
September 12, 1920
Hoey, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
June 13, 1941
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Death:
December 4, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 5.Row D. Grave 14.
Additional information
Son of Rolland Frigon of St. Louis, Saskatchewan. Brother of Jean Paul and Ivanhoe. Stating he was single and employed as a labourer. He served in Canada from 13 June 1941 to 23 March 1943, in the United Kingdom from 24 March 1943 to 27 June 1943 and Italy from 28 June 1943 to his death. The Province of Saskatchewan has commemorated Gunner Frigon by naming a Lake in his honour. He is also commemorated on a honour roll at Weirdale, Sastchewan, northeast of Prince Albert as Oliver Fregon.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 161 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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