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John Orrell Levine

In memory of:

Lieutenant John Orrell Levine

July 2, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

CDN/417

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Gloucestershire Regiment

Division:

2nd

Additional Information


John Levine a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Gloucestershire Regiment as a CANLOAN Officer. Son of Maurice and Lena Levine, of Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada. B.A., Arcadia University, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 365 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:

I. A. 7.

Location:

Hottot-les-Bagues is a village 14 kilometres south-east of Bayeux. This cemetery can be reached from Bayeux by taking the D6 southeastwards. After about 13 kilometres and after passing through Tilly-sur-Seulles, turn right (westwards) at Juvigny onto the main road (the D9) that runs from Caen towards Caumont l'Evente. The cemetery will be found after a few hundred metres on the right hand side on rising ground.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Obituary– John Levine is honoured on page 43 of the memorial book,
CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,
compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948.  
This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume.  For additional information about these archival records, please contact:
The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 
1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)
telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 
facsimile:  514-931-0548 
website:     www.cjc.ca
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