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Military service
Service number:
R/278843
Age:
24
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
357 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
May 8, 1921
Russian Federation
Enlistment:
November 24, 1943
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
June 6, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 458.
Additional information
Son of Julius and Olga (nee Slobert) Giesbrecht of Edmonton, Alberta. Brother of David.
Additional citations
Operational Wings awarded posthumously on 20 May 1947. 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Reinhold Giesbrecht
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of REINHOLD GIESBRECHT
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Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Reinhold Giesbrecht
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Reinhold Giesbrecht
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Reinhold Giesbrecht
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Reinhold Giesbrecht
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 518 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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