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Military service
Service number:
K/68504
Age:
21
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
September 6, 1923
Sandy Lake, Manitoba
Enlistment:
February 19, 1941
Vernon, British Columbia
Death:
October 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. G. 8.
Additional information
Son of Thedore and Stella Netzel, of Vernon, British Columbia.
Brother of Private Frank Theodore Peter Netzel, who died on July 5, 1943 while serving with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps.
Digital gallery of Corporal Leo James Netzel
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Entrance
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Leo assigned to the Canadian Scottish in 1942. He landed on D-DAY! and was killed in action at the Leopold Canal in Belgium. Full profile: https://commonwealth-adegem.com/netzel-leo-james -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Photo of Leo James Netzel
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Leo James Netzel
Digital gallery of
Corporal Leo James Netzel
Digital gallery of
Corporal Leo James Netzel
Digital gallery of
Corporal Leo James Netzel
Digital gallery of
Corporal Leo James Netzel
Digital gallery of
Corporal Leo James Netzel
Digital gallery of
Corporal Leo James Netzel
Digital gallery of
Corporal Leo James Netzel
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 404 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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