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Military service
Service number:
H/7144
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
January 23, 1920
Selkirk, Manitoba
Enlistment:
March 2, 1942
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
July 21, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot II, Row G, Grave 11.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Anderson (1971 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother), of Selkirk, Manitoba.
Brother of William Henry, Eleanor Smith and Private Vernon Anderson, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, killed in action December 14, 1943.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp
Digital gallery of Private John George Anderson
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Cemetery
Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private John George Anderson
Digital gallery of
Private John George Anderson
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