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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
A/3286
Age:
29
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Death:
December 18, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. 4.
Additional information
Son of Henry and Ada J. Blackman of
Niagara Falls, Ontario. Husband of Anne V. Blackman and father of Terry
Blackman of London, United Kingdom.
In 1948, a lake in northern Saskatchewan was named after him which is called Blackman Lake and in 1965, the 3 mile island inside Blackman Lake was also named after him.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Desmond Henry Blackman
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Photo of DESMOND HENRY BLACKMAN
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Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Desmond Henry Blackman
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Desmond Henry Blackman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 137 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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