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Armand Joseph Genest

In memory of:

Private Armand Joseph Genest

October 23, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

H/1576

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Born:

March 22, 1922
St. Boniface, Manitoba

Enlistment:

January 21, 1943
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Charles and Angelina Genest, of St. Boniface, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 314 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

4. D. 6.

Location:

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY is located 39 Km north west of Antwerp and 19 Km after passing the Border into the Netherlands. The N11 connects Antwerp to Bergen op Zoom via Kapellen, Pulte, Hoogerheide and finally on to Bergen op Zoom. On reaching Bergen op Zoom railway station turn right onto the Stationsplein and after 200 M turn right onto the Bredastraat. Follow this road for 500 M where it becomes Wouwsestraatweg and carry straight on for 2.5 kilometres. The street name has now changed to the Ruytershoveweg and the BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY can be found on the left of this street. Steps into cemetery (not suitable for wheelchairs).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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

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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
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  • Grave Marker– burial marker for Armand Joseph Genest, wounded in action 21 Jul 1944, died in action 23 Oct 1944, remains initially buried in Hoogerheid New Church Cemetery 25 Oct 1944; exhumed and relocated in 1946 to grave 6, row D, plot4, Bergen-Op-Zoom of Canadian Military Cemetery, 4mi NE of Bergen-Op-Zoom, Holland

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – burial marker for Armand Joseph Genest, wounded in action 21 Jul 1944, died in action 23 Oct 1944, remains initially buried in Hoogerheid New Church Cemetery 25 Oct 1944; exhumed and relocated in 1946 to grave 6, row D, plot4, Bergen-Op-Zoom of Canadian Military Cemetery, 4mi NE of Bergen-Op-Zoom, Holland

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