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Military service
Service number:
G/23165
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
Grand Anse, Gloucester County, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
June 3, 1941
Bathurst, New Brunswick
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D. 11.
Additional information
Son of Benoit and Laura Blanchard, of East Bathurst, New Brunswick.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France & Germany Star, Defense Medal, War Medal 1939-45, and CVSM with Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Alfred Blanchard
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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. -
Grave Marker
Photo Courtesty of Bruce MacFarlane -
Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Blanchard
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Blanchard
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Blanchard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 252 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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