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Military service
Service number:
K/54680
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
March 9, 1924
Vemdaln, Sweden
Enlistment:
August 19, 1943
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
August 27, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVII. H. 1.
Additional information
Son of Harald and Khristina Backlund, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Bertil Sydolf Backlund
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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 Bertil Sydolf Backlund
Digital gallery of
Private Bertil Sydolf Backlund
Digital gallery of
Private Bertil Sydolf Backlund
Digital gallery of
Private Bertil Sydolf Backlund
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 241 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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