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Lieutenant Edward Gustav Schwandt

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Military service

Age: 27
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth: June 16, 1917 Strasbourg, Saskatchewan
Enlistment: June 30, 1942 Saskatchewan
Death: August 27, 1944 Tourville, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 2. A. 12.
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Son of Gustav August and Mary Mathilda (née Heck) Schwandt, of Strasbourg, Saskatchewan. Ed taught school a number of years at Dilke and Strongfield Saskatchewan. He was the brother of Henry (Hank/HP) Paul Charles (Chas) Frederick, Emma Augusta Anna (Anne) Louise, Walter John, Hilda Marie,Dorothy Jean, Allan (Spud) Earl and James Jacob.

Canada names natural features for its war dead, and so we have the Schwandt River in far northeastern Saskatchewan, flowing NE out of Keseechewun Lake into Misaw Lake, and then north out of the south end of Misaw Lake into Patterson Lake, Kasba Lake thence the Kazan River. The Kazan eventually flows into Hudson Bay through Chesterfield Inlet at Baker Lake, very near the geographic center of Canada.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 438 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (Leubringhen) Pas de Calais, France

Leubringhen is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, halfway between Calais and Boulogne. The Calais Canadian War Cemetery is in Leubringhen and is situated on the east side of the Calais-Boulogne road, 14 kilometres from Calais.

From Calais leave the motorway at junction 9 and turn left onto the N3-E402 toward St Inglevert. Proceed through the village and immediately after, turn first left over motorway bridge and follow the road for approximately 250 metres. The Calais Canadian War Cemetery will be found on the left.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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