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Military service
Service number:
U/2099
Age:
23
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 8, 1921
Welland, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 1, 1943
London, Ontario
Death:
July 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIII. E. 11.
Additional information
Son of Lucy Gavrilo, of Welland, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Roy Gavrilo
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Passport
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Passport
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Photo of Roy Gavrilo
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Letter
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Letter
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Circumstances of death
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Grave marker
I am a former student of Earl of March Secondary School in Ottawa, Canada. In 2015 I went on a History school trip to France. I visited Roy Gavrilo's grave, where I left a small piece of art and Canadian flag in memorium. Lest we forget those who died valiantly for freedom.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roy Gavrilo
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 313 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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