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Son of Frank Francis Roper and Mary Roper, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. His brother, Trooper Albert George Roper, who served with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C., also died during the Second World War on September 1, 1944.
Digital gallery of Private Ernest Alfred Roper
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Alfred Roper
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Alfred Roper
Private Ernest Alfred Roper of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada. Ernest also went by the nickname Binney. Ernest was a very sports minded person and was known for his athletic ability. Ernest had remained on the family farm in 1940 when his 3 older brothers joined up. Ernest signed up on Nov. 1, 1942 and served in France. He was survived by his parents, two older brothers and a sister. On August 5, 1954 the Government of Saskatchewn named the seven and a half mile long Roper Bay of Daly Lake in Honour of and memory of Ernest A. Roper. Daly Lake is in the Foster Lake area of northern Saskatchewan, 220 miles north of Prince Albert.
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Private Ernest Alfred Roper
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Alfred Roper
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Alfred Roper
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Alfred Roper
Remembering Ernest Sept 12, 2012.
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Private Ernest Alfred Roper
Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery Sept 12, 2012.
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Alfred Roper
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Private Ernest Alfred Roper of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada. Ernest also went by the nickname Binney. Ernest was a very sports minded person and was known for his athletic ability. Ernest had remained on the family farm in 1940 when his 3 older brothers joined up. Ernest signed up on Nov. 1, 1942 and served in France. He was survived by his parents, two older brothers and a sister. On August 5, 1954 the Government of Saskatchewn named the seven and a half mile long Roper Bay of Daly Lake in Honour of and memory of Ernest A. Roper. Daly Lake is in the Foster Lake area of northern Saskatchewan, 220 miles north of Prince Albert.
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Remembering Ernest Sept 12, 2012.
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Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery Sept 12, 2012.
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 432 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
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