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Military service
Service number:
CDN/426
Age:
21
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Durham Light Infantry
Division:
8th
Birth:
December 28, 1922
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
March 15, 1943
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
September 9, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot, Grave 21.
Additional information
Harry Niznick was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Durham Light Infantry as a CANLOAN Officer.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Harry Niznick
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Harry Niznick
Harry Niznick is honoured on page 53 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
Cemetery
Original burial by Reverend Leslie Skinner on September 12. Under shellfire, he buried Harry Niznick and other members of the Durham Light Infantry in a churchyard at Stelen, Belgium. -
Ceremony
Commemorating the 75th anniversary of Harry Niznick's death in the Battle of Geel Bridgehead -
Grave Marker
Harry Niznick's grave today. He is buried along with other 35 other members of the Durham Light Infantry with whom he was serving as a Canloan officer. -
Id card
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Id card
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Photo of HARRY NIZNICK
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Photo of HARRY NIZNICK
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Attestation paper
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Circumstances of death
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Photo of HARRY NIZNICK
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Letter
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Letter
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Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harry Niznick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harry Niznick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harry Niznick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harry Niznick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harry Niznick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harry Niznick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harry Niznick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harry Niznick
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Harry Niznick
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 405 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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