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Military service
Service number:
K/335
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 18, 1924
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
September 23, 1943
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
July 16, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIII. G. 14.
Additional information
Son of Henry William Robert and Laura Elsie Abel, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Henry William Abel
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Grave Marker
A photograph 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) -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Henry William Abel
Digital gallery of
Private Henry William Abel
Digital gallery of
Private Henry William Abel
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 234 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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