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Military service
Service number:
H/9862
Age:
30
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
May 13, 1914
Silver Mountain, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 4, 1943
Fort William, Ontario
Death:
July 5, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XV. G. 16.
Additional information
Son of Matti and Hilma Alanen, of Nolalu, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Sulo William Alanen
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of SULO WILLIAM ALANEN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sulo William Alanen
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sulo William Alanen
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sulo William Alanen
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sulo William Alanen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 235 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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