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Military service
Service number:
M/60299
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Division:
12 Armoured Regiment
Birth:
December 7, 1915
Winchester, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 26, 1941
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
December 20, 1943
Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. 5.
Additional information
Husband of Margaret Ruby Durant and father of Cleopatra Marlene of Calgary, Alberta. Brother of Helen, Percy, Glen, Spurgeon, Starling, Keicha, Stella, Bessie, Visa, Helen and Bertha.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Preston Warner Durant
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Memorial
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Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted of the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Preston Warner Durant
Digital gallery of
Private Preston Warner Durant
Digital gallery of
Private Preston Warner Durant
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 156 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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