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Military service
Service number:
B/45930
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
Birth:
March 14, 1921
Malton Road, Manitoba
Enlistment:
July 10, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
December 6, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 12.
Additional information
Son of Wasyl and Annie Laba, of Grimsby, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Private Alex Eli Laba
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Hamilton Spectator December 11, 1944 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Alex Eli Laba
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Alex Eli Laba
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Alex Eli Laba
Digital gallery of
Private Alex Eli Laba
Digital gallery of
Private Alex Eli Laba
Digital gallery of
Private Alex Eli Laba
Digital gallery of
Private Alex Eli Laba
Digital gallery of
Private Alex Eli Laba
Digital gallery of
Private Alex Eli Laba
Digital gallery of
Private Alex Eli Laba
Digital gallery of
Private Alex Eli Laba
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 356 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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