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Military service
Service number:
M/104677
Age:
22
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
2 Survey Regt.
Birth:
September 15, 1922
Gleichen, Alberta
Enlistment:
November 10, 1942
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
October 30, 1944
In the field
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. F. 14.
Additional information
Son of D. Ronald Elder, and of Lois O. Elder, of Olds, Alberta, Canada.
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Calgary Herald - 10th November 1944
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Gunner James Willard Elder
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Gunner James Willard Elder
Digital gallery of
Gunner James Willard Elder
Digital gallery of
Gunner James Willard Elder
Digital gallery of
Gunner James Willard Elder
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 299 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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