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Military service
Service number:
B/68196
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
May 7, 1918
Plum Coulee, Manitoba
Enlistment:
June 6, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
J. 64.
Additional information
Son of Jacob Walter Klassen, and Helen (nee Brown) Klassen, of Morden, Manitoba. Brother of Wesley Klassen, John Brown, Robert Brown, Walter Brown and Ruth Luella Brown. Cousin of Corporal Peter Klassen, South Saskatchewan Regiment, killed in action 14 September 1944.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Gordon Fourest Klassen
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery located approximately 5 km. from the beach of Dieppe, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of GORDON FOUREST KLASSEN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Fourest Klassen
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Fourest Klassen
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Gordon Fourest Klassen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 87 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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