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Military service
Service number:
A/87169
Age:
32
Rank:
Guardsman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Governor General's Foot Guards, R.C.A.C.
Division:
21st Armd. Regt.
Death:
October 23, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
1. C. 3.
Additional information
Son of Euclid and Mary Grace Parent, of Windsor, Ontario; husband of Lenora Parent, of Windsor.
Digital gallery of Guardsman Robert Parent
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Map
This is the action he was killed in. 'On 23 Oct, the German 85th Division launched a counterattack led by some self-propelled (SP) guns. The Sherman tanks of the Governor General's Foot Guards and the Lake Superior Regiments were decimated by the German SP guns'. by Harold A. Skaarup www.SilverHawkAuthor.com -
Photo of Robert Parent
Robert Parent in an informal portrait shortly before shipping out for Britain. -
Robert With His Unit
Robert Parent posed informaly in uniform with his unit. -
Robert Parent in Uniform
Robert Parent in uniform shortly before shipping out for Britain. -
Robert and his Wife
Robert and his wife Lenora in Windsor, Ontario, shortly before Robert shipped out for Britain. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Guardsman Robert Parent
Digital gallery of
Guardsman Robert Parent
Digital gallery of
Guardsman Robert Parent
Digital gallery of
Guardsman Robert Parent
Digital gallery of
Guardsman Robert Parent
Digital gallery of
Guardsman Robert Parent
Digital gallery of
Guardsman Robert Parent
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 411 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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