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Military service
Service number:
H/1065
Age:
21
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Death:
June 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. C. 14.
Additional information
Son of Gusmundur A. and Johanna Stefansson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Eggert Stefansson
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (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) -
Photo of Eggert Stefansson
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Grave Marker
Icelandic inscription reads: "Rest in peace loving son. Love bless the memories, Mother and Father" -
Memorial
Rifleman Eggert Stefansson iis also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Eggert Stefansson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Eggert Stefansson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Eggert Stefansson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Eggert Stefansson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Eggert Stefansson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Eggert Stefansson
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Eggert Stefansson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 451 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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