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Military service
Service number:
A/31212
Age:
23
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
4 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Death:
July 22, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XV. G. 3.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Schmidt, and of Clara Schmidt, of Arthur, Ontario. Brother of Pilot Officer Frederick Joseph Schmidt, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Gunner Leo Schmidt
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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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Gunner Leo Schmidt
Digital gallery of
Gunner Leo Schmidt
Digital gallery of
Gunner Leo Schmidt
Digital gallery of
Gunner Leo Schmidt
Digital gallery of
Gunner Leo Schmidt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 437 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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