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Military service
Service number:
B/108644
Age:
21
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Division:
5 Field Coy.
Birth:
September 16, 1922
Binbrook, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 22, 1943
Simcoe, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
St Aubin Sur Mer, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. G. 13.
Additional information
Son of William Barclay Switzer and Bessie Isabella Switzer, of Glanford Station, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sapper Arthur Switzer
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Memorial
The memorial is dedicated in memory of Canadians who lost their lives while storming Juno Beach on June 6, 1944. They were members of the North Shore Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, Royal Canadian Engineers and the Royal Canadian Artilery. This memorial is located in St-Aubin-ser-mer, France. -
Photo of Arthur Douglas Switzer
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
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) -
Cemetery
Stone of Remembrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Entrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of ARTHUR SWITZER
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Switzer
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Switzer
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Switzer
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Switzer
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Switzer
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Switzer
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Switzer
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Switzer
Digital gallery of
Sapper Arthur Switzer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 457 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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