Military service
Service number:
B/114961
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
October 21, 1922
Shequindah, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 30, 1942
Sudbury, Ontario
Death:
October 12, 1944
Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III, F, 8.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Nellie Nahwegezhic of Shequindah, Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
Brother of Rifleman Charles Nehwegezhic, who was killed in action while serving with the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.
Digital gallery of Private Roland Nahwegezhic
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Photo of Roland Nahwegezhic
This photo of Pte Nahwegezhic appeared in a special 1994 commemorative issue of The Manitoulin Expositor. -
Newspaper Clipping
This obituary of Pte Nahwegezhic was written by a famly member for the 1994 special issue of The Manitoulin Expositor. -
Grave marker
Cemetery: CESENA WAR CEMETERY Italy Grave Reference: III, F, 8. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Roland Nahwegezhic
Digital gallery of
Private Roland Nahwegezhic
Digital gallery of
Private Roland Nahwegezhic
Digital gallery of
Private Roland Nahwegezhic
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 403 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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