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Military service
Service number:
A/48528
Age:
25
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Division:
2 Field Coy.
Death:
March 15, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII, C. 4.
Additional information
Son of George and Lillian Truin.
Digital gallery of Sapper Kenneth George Truin
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Photo of Kenneth George Truin
Born December 18, 1920, son of George and Lillian Truin, immigrated to Canada, in 1924. He attended school in West Zorra and Woodstock. Kenneth was a Sapper with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He was very active in horseshoe pitching and toured around Britain setting up horseshoe tournaments for Canadian Servicemen. He was fatally shot by a German Sniper on March 15, 1945, after blowing up an enemy bridge. He had volunteered for this action, as he was the only single man in his unit. Kenneth was buried in the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in Holland.
Digital gallery of
Sapper Kenneth George Truin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 571 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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