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Oscar Waldemar Christiansen

In memory of:

Captain Oscar Waldemar Christiansen

December 4, 1944

Military Service


Age:

36

Force:

Army

Unit:

Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information


Born:

September 27, 1908
Pembroke, Ontario

Enlistment:

January 9, 1940
London, Ontario

Son of the Reverend B. H. Christiansen and Paula Christiansen. Husband of Elizabeth Rae Christiansen, of Waterloo, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 273 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

III. E. 5.

Location:

The FAENZA WAR CEMETERY lies at Via provinciale Santa Lucia, within the Commune of Faenza in the Province of Ravenna. It lies in the fields 1.5 kilometres south-east of Faenza and is approached by a secondary road which branches off the main road Bologna-Forli (Route No.9) just east of the town. The cemetery is permanently open.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Oscar Christiansen– Captain Oscar Christiansen was remembered at the "Thanksgiving for Victory" memorial service in Waterloo, Ontario on Sunday, May 20, 1945.
  • Thanksgiving for Victory memorial service
  • List of casualties remembered at the memorial service

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