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Military service
Service number:
L/102926
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Death:
August 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. E. 12.
Additional information
Son of Peter Koshney and of Anna Koshney (nee Suchla), of Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Digital gallery of Private Albert Koshney
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Photo of Albert Koshney
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Albert Koshney
Uncle Abby, as he was called all of his life, was just 21 years old when he died in France. He had no wife or children to mourn him. On the back of his picture, has my Grandmother's handwriting. Pte. Albert Alexander Koshney died of wounds on August 6, 1944, he is buried near Caen, France. On the back of the picture which shows his grave, it is stamped Pte. Albert Alexander Koshney, Beny sur Mer Canadian Cemetery, Plot VII, Row E, Grave 12. At the time of his death he was in the "Infantry". My Dad was in the "Tank Corps" just miles away. He rushed to his brother and held him in his arms weeping as Abby died. His death left a life time of grief for his family. The picture of his grave above, was carried in my Grandfather's wallet everyday until he died in 1960. -
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 Regina Leader Post November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Albert Koshney
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Koshney
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Koshney
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Koshney
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Koshney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 355 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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