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Military service
Service number:
M/103553
Age:
31
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
September 22, 1912
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Enlistment:
August 18, 1942
Alberta
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VA. B. 8.
Additional information
Son of Jacob and Lena Modderman of The Hague, Netherlands. Husband of Sarah Beth Modderman, of Cardston, Alberta.
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Sergeant Peter Jacob Martinus Modderman
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 396 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
Ranville is best reached by taking the D513 north-eastwards out of Caen, and after about 9 kilometres turning left at Herouvillette. Go north for one kilometre and then turn left into Ranville village. The War Cemetery is on Rue des Airbornes.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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