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Military service
Service number:
M/17553
Age:
35
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Division:
31 Field Coy.
Birth:
December 30, 1908
Togo, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
June 23, 1940
Grand Prairie, Alberta
Death:
November 1, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
10. B. 3.
Additional information
Son of Albert Edward of Clairmont, Alberta and Margaret Atkinson of Peterheid, Scotland. Husband of Abbie Alice (née Rising)Atkinson, North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Father of Constance Marie. Brother of Ross Atkinson. He served in Canada from 25 June 1940 to 28 March 1943, Great Britain from 29 March 1943 to 5 July 1944 and North West Europe from 6 July 1944 until his death.
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Commemorated on:
Page 240 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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