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Military service
Service number:
D/26281
Age:
22
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Grenadier Guards, R.C.A.C.
Division:
22nd Armd. Regt.
Birth:
February 20, 1922
Frost Village, Québec
Enlistment:
June 26, 1940
Montreal, Québec
Death:
November 1, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. F. 23.
Additional information
Son of Gerald Arthur and Mary Selene Martin, of Foster, Province of Quebec, Canada.
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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 -
Attestation paper
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Letter
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Document
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Photo of JOHN RICHARD MARTIN
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Sergeant John Richard Martin
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Sergeant John Richard Martin
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Richard Martin
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Richard Martin
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Richard Martin
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Richard Martin
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Richard Martin
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Richard Martin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 379 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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