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Military service
Service number:
B/21550
Age:
22
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
5 Anti-Tank Regt.
Death:
August 4, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. A. 5.
Additional information
Son of Alexander M. and Margaret Thorne, of Welland, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Gunner Alexander Robert Thorne
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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)
Digital gallery of
Gunner Alexander Robert Thorne
Digital gallery of
Gunner Alexander Robert Thorne
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 462 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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