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Military service
Service number:
M/38315
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
May 1, 1919
Thorhild, Alberta
Enlistment:
September 7, 1942
Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Death:
July 26, 1944
Normandy, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. F. 3.
Additional information
Son of Mike and Katie Kochan, of Thorhild, Alberta. Brother of Joe, Steve, William, Annie, Millie and Leonard.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private James Kochan
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & 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) -
Grave marker
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private James Kochan
Digital gallery of
Private James Kochan
Digital gallery of
Private James Kochan
Digital gallery of
Private James Kochan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 354 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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