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Military service
Service number:
ZK-5951
Age:
25
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Birth:
July 3, 1931
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 19, 1952
British Columbia
Death:
May 10, 1957
Rafah, Egypt
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 16 Row A Grave 18
Additional information
Son of LCol (retired) Casimir Bowen and Gwendolyn Gertrude van Straubenzee of Enderley, British Columbia. Husband of Sheila Joanne Leslie and father of Anthony Alexander van Straubenzee of Victoria, British Columbia. Brother of John, Anthony and Michael.
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MOASCAR WAR CEMETERY Egypt
MOASCAR WAR CEMETERY is situated just off the main Ismailia-Cairo road, 10 kilometres by road from Ismailia. The cemetery is contained within an army camp, 3 kilometres along Treaty Road.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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