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Military service
Service number:
H/40950
Age:
21
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
October 10, 1922
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
June 21, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
July 16, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. A. 13.
Additional information
Son of William Henry and Mary Alexander, of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Husband of Kathleen Louise Alexander, of Winnipeg.
Digital gallery of Rifleman George Alexander
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GEORGE ALEXANDER
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Alexander
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Alexander
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Alexander
Digital gallery of
Rifleman George Alexander
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 235 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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