Military service
Burial/memorial information
Daughter of John and Wilhelmina Alexander, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Selena Pearl Alexander
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Photo of Selena Pearl Alexander
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
On May 5, 2001, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, Her Honour Mrs. Hillary Weston unveiled the Canadian Women's Army Corps Memorial Monument in Kitchenor Waterloo. This memorial honours the women who served in the C.W.A.C. between 1941 and 1946 abd lists those who died while on service. -
Memorial Plaque
On May 5, 2001, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, Her Honour Mrs. Hillary Weston unveiled the Canadian Women's Army Corps Memorial Monument in Kitchenor Waterloo. This memorial honours the women who served in the C.W.A.C. between 1941 and 1946 abd lists those who died while on service. -
Grave Marker
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Circumstances of death registers
Circumstances of death. Pte. Alexander had had meningitis in January 1943 as well, and did not work for two months.
Digital gallery of
Private Selena Pearl Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private Selena Pearl Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private Selena Pearl Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private Selena Pearl Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private Selena Pearl Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private Selena Pearl Alexander
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 235 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY Manitoba, Canada
The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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