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Military service
Service number:
H/41228
Age:
26
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
March 19, 1918
Winnipegosis, Manitoba
Enlistment:
June 26, 1940
Dauphin, Manitoba
Death:
June 9, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. F. 5.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Eulalie Porter of Camperville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Joseph Nicholas Porter
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Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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) -
Memorial
Rifleman Joseph Nicholas Porter is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Joseph Nicholas Porter
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Joseph Nicholas Porter
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Joseph Nicholas Porter
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Joseph Nicholas Porter
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Joseph Nicholas Porter
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Joseph Nicholas Porter
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Joseph Nicholas Porter
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 419 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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