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Military service
Service number:
M/60232
Age:
20
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Calgary Regiment, R.C.A.C.
Division:
14th Army Tank Regt.
Birth:
January 29, 1922
London, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
May 20, 1941
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
K. 63.
Additional information
Son of Frederick and Hilda Lillian Olliffe, of Newton, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Trooper Victor Frederick Olliffe
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Entrance - Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) went to Dieppe in 2017 for the 75th anniversary, where we paid tribute to those who fought and those who fell. I was honoured to place our flags at Trooper Olliffe's grave.
Digital gallery of
Trooper Victor Frederick Olliffe
Digital gallery of
Trooper Victor Frederick Olliffe
Digital gallery of
Trooper Victor Frederick Olliffe
Digital gallery of
Trooper Victor Frederick Olliffe
Digital gallery of
Trooper Victor Frederick Olliffe
Digital gallery of
Trooper Victor Frederick Olliffe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 103 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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