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Military service
Service number:
H/102921
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
May 30, 1923
St. Boniface, Manitoba
Enlistment:
October 29, 1942
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
December 29, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. F. 15.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Clarice Toupin of St. Boniface, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Rene Joseph Jean Toupin
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Entrance
Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Obituary
Obituary - RENE JOSEPH JEAN TOUPIN -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Badge
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Rene Joseph Jean Toupin
Digital gallery of
Private Rene Joseph Jean Toupin
Digital gallery of
Private Rene Joseph Jean Toupin
Digital gallery of
Private Rene Joseph Jean Toupin
Digital gallery of
Private Rene Joseph Jean Toupin
Digital gallery of
Private Rene Joseph Jean Toupin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 221 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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