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Military service
Service number:
L/86764
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 8, 1918
Kenaston, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
May 22, 1942
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Death:
December 22, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XV. F. 16.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Lowdermilk, of Kenaston, Saskatchewan.
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Austin enlisted in the army on May 21, 1942. On December 14, 1944, he was admitted for an injury incurred by stepping on a land mine. His right foot was amputated and on December 22, 1944 at 3:00am he succumed to his wounds. He had been awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp as well as the France and Germany Star, and the Defence Medal War Medal CVSM and Clasp. Austin had not been married and left behind him, both parents, 5 brothers and 3 sisters.
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Private Austin Howard Lowdermilk
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 369 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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