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Military service
Service number:
L/74035
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
October 26, 1921
Buchanan, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
January 3, 1942
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IIA. O. 5.
Additional information
Son of Herman and Alice Ellefson, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Private Orlando Morris Ellefson
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Digital gallery of
Private Orlando Morris Ellefson
Digital gallery of
Private Orlando Morris Ellefson
Digital gallery of
Private Orlando Morris Ellefson
Digital gallery of
Private Orlando Morris Ellefson
Digital gallery of
Private Orlando Morris Ellefson
Digital gallery of
Private Orlando Morris Ellefson
Digital gallery of
Private Orlando Morris Ellefson
Digital gallery of
Private Orlando Morris Ellefson
Digital gallery of
Private Orlando Morris Ellefson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 299 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
Ranville is best reached by taking the D513 north-eastwards out of Caen, and after about 9 kilometres turning left at Herouvillette. Go north for one kilometre and then turn left into Ranville village. The War Cemetery is on Rue des Airbornes.
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