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Military service
Service number:
L/41279
Age:
33
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Division:
13 Field Coy.
Birth:
January 10, 1911
Hubbard, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
April 26, 1941
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
May 18, 1944
Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. C. 18.
Additional information
Son of John and Tilly Krysowaty of Davidson, Saskatchewan. Brother of Pauline, Walter, Tom, Adolf, Julian, Mike, Julia, Dora and Jennie.
Krysowaty Lake, located in northern Saskatchewan, was named after Sapper Krysowaty by the Saskatchewan Geo-Memorial Project which named 3,913 northern lakes, peninsulas, bays, rivers, and islands after Saskatchewan-born servicemen.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Digital gallery of Sapper John Krysowaty
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Sapper John Krysowaty was born 4 miles north of Hubbard, Saskatchewan on January 17, 1912. He enlisted in Saskatoon on April 26, 1941. John trained as a Blacksmith and was assigned to the 13th Field Company of the Royal Canadian Engineers. After being stationed in England, he boarded a ship and disembarked in southern Italy on November 8, 1943. While on reconnaissance duty and mine-sweeping activities on May 18, 1944 during the battle of Liri Valley, John Krysowaty died of wounds he received in action. He is buried in the Cassino War Cemetary. -
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John Krysowaty (right) at enlistment
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Sapper John Krysowaty
Digital gallery of
Sapper John Krysowaty
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 355 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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