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Military service
Service number:
A/37615
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
February 12, 1921
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 21, 1940
Galt, Ontario
Death:
July 8, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. E. 15.
Additional information
Son of Violet Anderson of Brantford, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Leonard Melvin Anderson
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Photo of Leonard Melvin Anderson
Died in the attack on Buron on July 8, 1944. According to his platoon officer, Pte. Anderson's courage was "an inspiration to many of the newer men in the unit in helping them through such an ordeal". -
Album Cover
Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 -1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
Biography
Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 -1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & 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) -
Memorial
HLI of Canada Memorial Cairn in Buron, France. It was dedicated on 21 July 1969. -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Circumstances of death
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Melvin Anderson
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Melvin Anderson
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Melvin Anderson
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Melvin Anderson
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Melvin Anderson
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Melvin Anderson
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Melvin Anderson
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Melvin Anderson
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Melvin Anderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 237 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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