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Military service
Service number:
D/136381
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Birth:
September 26, 1916
Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
July 16, 1942
Montreal South, Québec
Death:
July 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 236. Sec. B.
Additional information
Son of Georges and Marthe (née Assoignon) Bergeron, of Montreal, Quebec; husband of Blanche (née Bétit) Bergeron, father of Yvon of Montreal, Quebec. Brother of Armand, Omèr, Edouard, Marcel, Marthe, and Jeannette. He stated he was employed as a mechanic.
Additional citations
War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.
Digital gallery of Private Georges Alphonse Bergeron
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Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper article from La Patrie, July 8, 1944, after an accident of training. Fernand Giguère had been wounded and some of his friends were killed. Photo: The Memory Project / www.thememoryproject.com -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail July 8, 1944 -
Newspaper Clipping (2)
Source: Hamilton Spectator July 8, 1944 -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Private Georges Alphonse Bergeron
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Private Georges Alphonse Bergeron
Digital gallery of
Private Georges Alphonse Bergeron
Digital gallery of
Private Georges Alphonse Bergeron
Digital gallery of
Private Georges Alphonse Bergeron
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 248 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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