Military service
Service number:
W/22255
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Birth:
February 27, 1919
Oakville, Manitoba
Enlistment:
September 29, 1943
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 9, 1944
St. James, Manitoba
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Mil. Sec. Lot 2289.
Additional information
Daughter of John and Wilhelmina Alexander, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Selena Pearl Alexander
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Photo of Selena Pearl Alexander
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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 -
Memorial
On May 5, 2001, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, Her Honour Mrs. Hillary Weston unveiled the Canadian Women's Army Corps Memorial Monument in Kitchenor Waterloo. This memorial honours the women who served in the C.W.A.C. between 1941 and 1946 abd lists those who died while on service. -
Memorial Plaque
On May 5, 2001, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, Her Honour Mrs. Hillary Weston unveiled the Canadian Women's Army Corps Memorial Monument in Kitchenor Waterloo. This memorial honours the women who served in the C.W.A.C. between 1941 and 1946 abd lists those who died while on service. -
Grave Marker
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Circumstances of death registers
Circumstances of death. Pte. Alexander had had meningitis in January 1943 as well, and did not work for two months.
Digital gallery of
Private Selena Pearl Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private Selena Pearl Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private Selena Pearl Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private Selena Pearl Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private Selena Pearl Alexander
Digital gallery of
Private Selena Pearl Alexander
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 235 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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