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Military service
Service number:
M/27060
Age:
20
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Calgary Regiment, R.C.A.C.
Division:
14th Army Tank Regt.
Birth:
April 7, 1922
Three Hills, Alberta
Enlistment:
February 26, 1941
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 23. Column 2
Additional information
Son of Daniel and Gladys Sawers, of Vulcan, Alberta.
Brother of Trooper Arthur Sawers, who was killed in action on September 30, 1944, while serving with the 14th Canadian Hussars.
Digital gallery of Trooper William Daniel Peter Sawers
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Brookwood Memorial
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Inscription on Brookwood Memorial
Trooper William Daniel Peter Sawers is one of 3 members of the Calgary Regiment, Royal Canadian Artilery Corps, who went missing at Dieppe on August 19, 1942 and were subsequently presumed dead, who are commemorated on this Panel at the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom. -
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Photo of WILLIAM DANIEL PETER SAWERS
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Photo of WILLIAM DANIEL PETER SAWERS
Calgary Tank Regiment - Cap Badge -
Photo of WILLIAM DANIEL PETER SAWERS
Memorial Panel -
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Attestation paper
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Digital gallery of
Trooper William Daniel Peter Sawers
Digital gallery of
Trooper William Daniel Peter Sawers
Digital gallery of
Trooper William Daniel Peter Sawers
Digital gallery of
Trooper William Daniel Peter Sawers
Digital gallery of
Trooper William Daniel Peter Sawers
Digital gallery of
Trooper William Daniel Peter Sawers
Digital gallery of
Trooper William Daniel Peter Sawers
Digital gallery of
Trooper William Daniel Peter Sawers
Digital gallery of
Trooper William Daniel Peter Sawers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 112 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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