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Military service
Service number:
H/41330
Age:
27
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
November 17, 1916
Sandy Lake, Manitoba
Enlistment:
June 26, 1940
Dauphin, Manitoba
Death:
June 6, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 2.
Additional information
Son of Tony and Pauline Prokopchuk of Sandy Lake, Manitoba. Brother of Donald, Charles, Teenie, Mary, Irene and Anne. Husband of Mary (nee Waldron) Prokopchuk of Manchester, England.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Steve Prokopchuk
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Birks Bar
Birks Bar - Rfn Prokopchuk -
Grave Marker
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (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) -
Wedding
Image showing the marriage of Steve Prokopchuk to Mary E Waldron(my great aunt) in 1944 during the period Apr-May-Jun, only a few months before he was killed. -
Photo of STEVE PROKOPCHUK
Submitted for the project Operation Pictue Me -
Letter
17 July 1944 Canadian Army notification to family of circumstances of death
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Rifleman Steve Prokopchuk
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Steve Prokopchuk
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Steve Prokopchuk
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Steve Prokopchuk
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Steve Prokopchuk
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Steve Prokopchuk
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 421 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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