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Military service
Service number:
M/106493
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Army General List
Death:
November 22, 1943
Edmonton, Alberta
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Block 206. Grave 4.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heron, of Coronach, Saskatchewan; husband of Irene Heron, of Dawson Creek, British Columbia.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 170 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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EDMONTON (BEECHMOUNT) CEMETERY Alberta, Canada
During the 1939-1945 War, Canadian Infantry troops were stationed at Edmonton. No.13 Vocational Training School was set up and the airfield formed a link in the North-West Staging Route. Most of the war graves lie in Blocks 206 and 208. The cemetery also contains a Cross of Sacrifice. There are now 5 First World War and over 70 Second World War casualties commemorated in this site.
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