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Military service
Service number:
B/63749
Age:
21
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
July 2, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
54. B. 2.
Additional information
Son of Hans Hinrich Petersen and Jane Brodie Petersen, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Frederick Petersen
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
This photograph of the grave marker of Rifleman FREDERICK PETERSEN was taken on March 14, 2007. -
Photo of Frederick Petersen
Rifleman Petersen enlisted in June 1940 when the QOR of C mobilised for overseas service. He was with the Regiment in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and in England. He was in Headquarters Company when he was severely wounded on D-Day. -
Obituary notice
This obituary of Rifleman Petersen was clipped from a Toronto paper in 1944 by Mrs. Ulla Richardson. -
Gravemarker
This photo of Rifleman Petersen's gravemarker at Brookwood Cemetery was taken by Padre Craig Cameron (QOR of C) in May, 1997.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Frederick Petersen
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Frederick Petersen
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Frederick Petersen
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Frederick Petersen
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Frederick Petersen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 416 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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