Military service
Service number:
A/106410
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
May 20, 1921
Southwold, Ontario
Enlistment:
February 25, 1943
London, Ontario
Death:
August 16, 1944
Normandy, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. H. 6.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Mary Elm, of Southwold, Ontario. Husband of Doreen Elm, of Southwold. Father of Leslie and Claudine Elm.
Digital gallery of Private Leslie Elm
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Photo of Leslie Elm
Leslie in photo booth London Ontario, May 1944. -
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
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Leslie Elm
Digital gallery of
Private Leslie Elm
Digital gallery of
Private Leslie Elm
Digital gallery of
Private Leslie Elm
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 300 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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