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Sergeant John Wilfred Lofvendahl

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Military service

Service number: H/137
Age: 26
Rank: Sergeant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C.
Division: 2nd Armoured Regiment
Birth: July 1, 1918 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment: Nova Scotia
Death: September 1, 1944

Burial/memorial information

MONTECCHIO WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: III. F. 6.
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Son of John Aleck and Ida (Aida) Whilhelmina (nee Larson) Lofvendahl, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Brother of Ada Alexandra, Agnes, Charles Alec, Irene, Gerves, Victor Raymond, Evelyn May, George Howard, Robert, Harvey Kenneth, Joyce, Richard and Leslie Bryan.

The Province of Saskatchewan honoured Sergeant Lofvendahl by naming a lake in his honour.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 367 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MONTECCHIO WAR CEMETERY Italy

The War Cemetery lies in the locality of Montecchio in the Commune of Montelabbate (Province of Pesaro). It stands on rising ground just North of the main road from Pesaro to Urbino, about 12 kilometres west of Pesaro. If approaching by car, take the road 423 from Pesaro to Urbino, following the signs for Montecchio. Just before entering the town, the Cemetery will be seen on the right hand side of the road.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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