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Military service
Service number:
K/69047
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Death:
August 23, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVII. H. 16.
Additional information
Son of Charles L. and Phyllis M. Sheard, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private John Sheard
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Sheard
Digital gallery of
Private John Sheard
Digital gallery of
Private John Sheard
Digital gallery of
Private John Sheard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 441 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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