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Military service
Service number:
H/41628
Age:
24
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
April 8, 1920
Dauphin, Manitoba
Enlistment:
April 18, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
June 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. B. 5.
Additional information
Son of William and Alma White, of Gilbert Plains, Manitoba.
Brother of Rifleman George Thomas White, who died while serving with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regiment.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Robert Edward White
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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) -
Memorial
Rifleman Robert Edward White is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Letter
A letter Mrs White wrote to my mother about the fate of her sons, July 10 1944.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Robert Edward White
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Robert Edward White
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Robert Edward White
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Robert Edward White
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Robert Edward White
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Robert Edward White
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 476 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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