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Military service
Service number:
L/12025
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
May 11, 1918
Lampman, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
September 6, 1939
Weyburn, Saskatchewan
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B 12.
Additional information
Son of Martin and Martha Heinz of Bienfait, Saskatchewan.
Brother of Corporal Theodore Heinz, who died while serving with the South Saskatchewan Regiment. Joseph and Theodore served together in the Dieppe Raid.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Heinz
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Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Entrance
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Photo of Joseph Heinz
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 80 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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