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Military service
Service number:
F/49820
Age:
25
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
October 27, 1917
Amherst, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
September 13, 1939
Amherst, Nova Scotia
Death:
August 2, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B, E, 203.
Additional information
Son of Amedie Joseph and Emma Mary Richard of Amherst, Nova Scotia. Husband of Iris Annie Richard, of Amherst.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Leon Joseph Richard
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Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Document
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Grave marker
Grave marker from Leon Richard's grave at Agira Canadian War Cemetery. -
Photo of Leon Joseph Richard
Leon Richard (courtesy of his family)
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Leon Joseph Richard
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Leon Joseph Richard
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Leon Joseph Richard
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Leon Joseph Richard
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Leon Joseph Richard
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Leon Joseph Richard
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Leon Joseph Richard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 207 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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