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Military service
Service number:
M/105026
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Division:
9 Field Dressing Station
Birth:
October 21, 1923
Kingman, Alberta
Enlistment:
November 23, 1942
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
December 31, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
10. D. 8.
Additional information
Son of Andrew and Annie Ovelson, of Kingman, Alberta. Brother of Leslie, Harold, Raymond, Kenneth, Violet, Pearl, Carrie and Dorothy.
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Entrance
Entrance - Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery - May 2015 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery - May 2015 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery - May 2015 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Leonard Richard Ovelson
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Private Leonard Richard Ovelson
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Private Leonard Richard Ovelson
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Private Leonard Richard Ovelson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 409 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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