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Military service
Service number:
D/136926
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
November 3, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
September 7, 1942
St John's, Québec
Death:
August 14, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. C. 14.
Additional information
Son of Max and Mary Yazina of Montreal, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Private John Yazina
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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) -
Grave Marker
June 2018 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Yazina
Digital gallery of
Private John Yazina
Digital gallery of
Private John Yazina
Digital gallery of
Private John Yazina
Digital gallery of
Private John Yazina
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 484 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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