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Military service
Service number:
ZM 13039
Age:
23
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Birth:
September 27, 1944
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Enlistment:
September 8, 1964
Saskatchewan
Death:
June 18, 1968
Fort MacLeod, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 4, Row F, Grave 10
Additional information
Son of Jacob and Helen Gieser of Gold Prairie, Saskatchewan. Husband of Mary Kathleen (nee Hallahan) Gieser of Hemer, Germany. Brother of Jacqueline and Gail.
WERL CENTRAL CEMETERY Germany
There were 448 Canadians (124 Post-War military and 324 Dependants) buried in the Central Cemetery in Werl, Germany. Unlike most of North America, in most locations in Europe plots are not acquired in perpetuity but rather for a specific period of time, normally 20 to 25 years, after which the grave marker is removed and eventually the plot is reused. Fortunately, the burials in both two Canadian Sections in Werl were leased by Canada and there has been no loss of graves.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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