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Military service
Service number:
D/81532
Age:
26
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 24, 1917
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
September 14, 1939
Montreal, Québec
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. E. 3.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Mary Showers, of Montreal, Quebec; husband of Marguerite Albina Showers, of Montreal.
Digital gallery of Rifleman John Showers
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Photo of John Showers
Rifleman Showers originally enlisted in The Black Watch in September of 1939. He served with that Regiment in Newfoundland but did not depart with it in July 1940. He was seconded to The Queen's Own Rifles and served with the Regiment in Newfoundland and New Brunswick, and then in England. He was killed on D-Day as his D Company advanced inland from Juno Beach (Bernieres-sur-mer). -
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Rifleman John Showers -
Grave Marker
This photo of Rfn Showers' gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron on June 6th, 2003. -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Rifleman John Showers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Showers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Showers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Showers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Showers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 442 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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