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Military service
Service number:
H/195591
Age:
31
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
July 29, 1912
Duluth
Enlistment:
December 7, 1942
Port Arthur, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. D. 16.
Additional information
Son of John and Emily Modeen, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Digital gallery of Rifleman George Modeen
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Grave marker
A photograph (2010) 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) -
Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
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Photo of GEORGE MODEEN
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Rifleman George Modeen
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Rifleman George Modeen
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Modeen
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Modeen
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Modeen
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Modeen
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Modeen
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Modeen
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Modeen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 396 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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