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Son of Euclid and Mary Grace Parent, of Windsor, Ontario; husband of Lenora Parent, of Windsor.
Digital gallery of Guardsman Robert Parent
Digital gallery of
Guardsman Robert Parent
This is the action he was killed in.
'On 23 Oct, the German 85th Division launched a counterattack led by some self-propelled (SP) guns.
The Sherman tanks of the Governor General's Foot Guards and the Lake Superior Regiments were decimated by the German SP guns'.
by Harold A. Skaarup www.SilverHawkAuthor.com
Digital gallery of
Guardsman Robert Parent
Robert Parent in an informal portrait shortly before shipping out for Britain.
Digital gallery of
Guardsman Robert Parent
Robert Parent posed informaly in uniform with his unit.
Digital gallery of
Guardsman Robert Parent
Robert Parent in uniform shortly before shipping out for Britain.
Digital gallery of
Guardsman Robert Parent
Robert and his wife Lenora in Windsor, Ontario, shortly before Robert shipped out for Britain.
Digital gallery of
Guardsman Robert Parent
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Guardsman Robert Parent
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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This is the action he was killed in. 'On 23 Oct, the German 85th Division launched a counterattack led by some self-propelled (SP) guns. The Sherman tanks of the Governor General's Foot Guards and the Lake Superior Regiments were decimated by the German SP guns'. by Harold A. Skaarup www.SilverHawkAuthor.com
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Robert Parent in an informal portrait shortly before shipping out for Britain.
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Robert Parent posed informaly in uniform with his unit.
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Robert Parent in uniform shortly before shipping out for Britain.
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Robert and his wife Lenora in Windsor, Ontario, shortly before Robert shipped out for Britain.
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From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 411 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Netherlands
BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY is located 39 Km north west of Antwerp and 19 Km after passing the Border into the Netherlands. The N11 connects Antwerp to Bergen op Zoom via Kapellen, Pulte, Hoogerheide and finally on to Bergen op Zoom.
On reaching Bergen op Zoom railway station turn right onto the Stationsplein and after 200 M turn right onto the Bredastraat. Follow this road for 500 M where it becomes Wouwsestraatweg and carry straight on for 2.5 kilometres. The street name has now changed to the Ruytershoveweg and the BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY can be found on the left of this street. Steps into cemetery (not suitable for wheelchairs).
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