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Military service
Service number:
B/59117
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Division:
1ST Bn.
Death:
July 18, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. C. 9.
Additional information
Son of Arthur Boyter Lees and Eva Marion Lees, of Walford Station, Ontario. His brother, George Douglas Lees, served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and died on April 27, 1944.
Digital gallery of Private Eli Arthur Lees
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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) -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation Paper
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 363 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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