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Military service
Service number:
K/65755
Age:
32
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
5 Cdn. Lt. A.A. Regt.
Death:
September 4, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II, H, 21.
Additional information
Son of William Albert and Georgina Swope, of Cranbrook, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Gunner John Nelson Swope
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Grave Markers
Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Cenotaph
Cenotaph in Fernie, British Columbia. -
Inscription
List of men remembered on cenotaph in Fernie, BC -
Attestation paper
LAC, Ottawa -
Circumstances of death registers
Death information, LAC, Ottawa -
Letter
Letter about death, LAC, Ottawa -
Correspondence
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Photo of JOHN NELSON SWOPE
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Document
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Nelson Swope
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Nelson Swope
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Nelson Swope
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Nelson Swope
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Nelson Swope
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Nelson Swope
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Nelson Swope
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Nelson Swope
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Nelson Swope
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 457 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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