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Winslow Earl Oikle

In memory of:

Corporal Winslow Earl Oikle

June 7, 1944
In the field

Military Service


Service Number:

F/96045

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information


Born:

April 21, 1923
Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

September 30, 1941
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Son of Winslow L. and Amy Oikle of Clam Point, Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 407 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 27, Column 2.

Location:

The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Telegram– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of WINSLOW OIKLE– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of WINSLOW OIKLE– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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