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Bombardier Francis George

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Military service

Service number: B/10109
Age: 41
Rank: Bombardier
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Artillery
Division: 2 Field Regt.
Birth: June 13, 1902 Cardiff
Enlistment: September 10, 1939 Ontario
Death: July 5, 1943

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 3 B 1
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Son of Francis and Rose George. Husband of Margaret George of St. Catharines, Ontario.

He was one of 53 Canadians who lost their lives on July 4-5, 1943. They were travelling in convoy KMS-18B on their way to Sicily, Italy, for Operation Husky. Three ships (City of Venice, St. Essylt and Devis) were torpedoed and sunk by German u-boats in the Mediterranean Sea near Alger, Algeria.

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 162 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA REUNION WAR CEMETERY Algeria

La Reunion War Cemetery lies 14 kilometres south-west of Bejaia on Route N12 to Algiers, which is some 250 kilometres west of Bejaia.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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