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Digital gallery of Sapper Laurence Carl Thordarson
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Laurence Carl Thordarson was of Icelandic descent. He was 5' 8 1/4" and 143 pounds. He had blue eyes and light brown hair. He had three brothers and three sisters; he was the second youngest. -
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Peace River Record Gazette Jan 12, 1945, Page 6 Peace River, Alberta, Canada -
Attestation paper
Attestation Paper Laurence Carl Thordarson enlisted 25 May 1942 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He served in Canada 25 May 1942 - 27 March 1943; United Kingdom 28 March 1943 - 22 October 1943; Italy 24 October 1943 - 12 December 1944 when he died of wounds -
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Letter page 1 of 2 dated 18 Jan 1945 from mom -
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Letter (page 2 of 2) dated 18 January 1945 from mom -
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Letter (page 1 of 2) to mom explaining delay between telegram and notification of death -
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Letter (page 2 of 2) to mom explaining delay between telegram and notification of death -
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Letter dated 19 January 1945 to mom providing detail of wounds -
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War Service Medals -
Newspaper clipping
Peace River Record Gazette Feb 2, 1945 Peace River, Alberta, Canada
Digital gallery of
Sapper Laurence Carl Thordarson
Digital gallery of
Sapper Laurence Carl Thordarson
Digital gallery of
Sapper Laurence Carl Thordarson
Digital gallery of
Sapper Laurence Carl Thordarson
Digital gallery of
Sapper Laurence Carl Thordarson
Digital gallery of
Sapper Laurence Carl Thordarson
Digital gallery of
Sapper Laurence Carl Thordarson
Digital gallery of
Sapper Laurence Carl Thordarson
Digital gallery of
Sapper Laurence Carl Thordarson
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Page 462 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY Italy
The site for the cemetery was selected by the Army in 1945 for burials from the surrounding battlefields. Ravenna was taken by the Canadian Corps at the beginning of December 1944, and the burials in the cemetery there reflect the fighting for the Senio line and the period of relative quiet during the first three months of 1945. Many of the men buried there were Canadians; one of the last tasks of the Canadian Corps before being moved to north-west Europe was the clearing of the area between Ravenna and the Comacchio lagoon. Others are Indians from the 10th Indian Division, and New Zealanders. The Cemetery also contains the graves of 30, 1914-18 War casualties concentrated in March 1974 from Gradisca Communal Cemetery , Italy and 3 other burials concentrated from other minor cemeteries in Italy. There are now over 30 graves of the First World War and 956 graves plus one Special Memorial of the Second World War.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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