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Military service
Service number:
L/27555
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
January 5, 1916
Kepple, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
June 18, 1940
North Battleford, Saskatchewan
Death:
July 21, 1944
Verrières Ridge, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. E. 8.
Additional information
Son of James and Emily Alice Abel.
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Photo of JOHN JAMES ABEL
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Circumstances of death
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Star-Phoenix Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 02 Sep 1944, Sat • Page 19
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Private John James Abel
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Private John James Abel
Digital gallery of
Private John James Abel
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 234 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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