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Nile Harold Bier

In memory of:

Captain Nile Harold Bier

June 28, 1944

Military Service

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Three Rivers Regiment, R.C.A.C.

Division:

12th Armd. Regt.

Additional Information

Born:

April 22, 1918
New Hamburg, Ontario

Enlistment:

June 5, 1942
London, Ontario

Son of Elmer and Edna Bier, of New Hamburg, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 250 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
Italy

Grave Reference:

V, H, 7.

Location:

The Assisi War Cemetery forms part of the locality of Rivotorto in the Commune of Assisi, in the Province of Perugia. From Rome, take highway A1, Rome-Milano, come off at Orte and go along the road 75 for Perugia and follow the direction signs for Assisi. Take the road to Rivotorto, and at a crossroad from which a church is visible, turn left. The Assisi War Cemetery is reached after about 500 metres .

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Solider Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Solider Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Solider Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Solider Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Source: Globe and Mail, July 21, 1944

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    Newspaper Clipping – Source: Globe and Mail, July 21, 1944
  • Grave Marker– Gravestone of Capt N.H. Bier in the Assisi War Cemetery, Near Assisi, Italy.

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    Grave Marker – Gravestone of Capt N.H. Bier in the Assisi War Cemetery, Near Assisi, Italy.
  • Inscription– Detail of the epitaph on the gravestone of Capt N.H. Bier in the Assisi War Cemetery, Near Assisi, Italy.

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    Inscription – Detail of the epitaph on the gravestone of Capt N.H. Bier in the Assisi War Cemetery, Near Assisi, Italy.

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