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Alvin Edward Neil

In memory of:

Sergeant Alvin Edward Neil

January 19, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

C/4569

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Special Service Battalion, R.C.I.C.

Division:

1st

Additional Information

Born:

May 9, 1920
Monmouth, Illinois

Enlistment:

September 11, 1939
Madoc, Ontario

Son of John M. and Sarah Neil, of St. Ola, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 403 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LE PETIT LAC CEMETERY (ORAN)
Algeria

Grave Reference:

Plot E. Row D. Grave 20.

Location:

Oran is an important seaport on the Algerian coast. LE PETIT LAC CEMETERY is situated on the south-eastern outskirts of Oran, about 4 kilometres from the Place Foch, in the centre of the town. The entrance is on the Avenue de Sidi Chami, where the road forks right to the Le Petit Lac. The United Kingdom and Commonwealth war plot lies about 180 metres from the entrance, on the right of the main path. The Cemetery Register is kept in the toolshed.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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