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Military service
Service number:
A/604
Age:
24
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
6th Armd. Regt.
Birth:
September 1, 1919
Poland
Enlistment:
May 6, 1941
London, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. D. 9.
Additional information
Son of Nicholas and Julia Pockiluk, of London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Corporal Henry Andrew Pockiluk
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Memorial
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Photo of Henry A. Pochiluk
From the London Free Press. June 21 1944 CPL. H POCHILUK KILLED IN ACTION "Cpl. Henry A. Pochiluk, 25, of 64 St. Julien street was killed in action overseas, presumably on the Normandy beachhead on June 6, his family was notified yesterday. A native of Saskatchewan, Pochiluk lived here for six years before joining the Canadian Armored Corps. He was a member of the United Church of Canada." -
Grave Marker
A photograph 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) -
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) -
Cemetery
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Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Andrew Pockiluk
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Andrew Pockiluk
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Andrew Pockiluk
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Andrew Pockiluk
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Andrew Pockiluk
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Andrew Pockiluk
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Andrew Pockiluk
Digital gallery of
Corporal Henry Andrew Pockiluk
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 418 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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