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Military service
Service number:
L/27942
Age:
23
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Regina Rifle Regiment
Death:
June 8, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. B. 7.
Additional information
Son of George and Katherine Horst, of Rosthern, Saskatchewan. Brother of Leading Aircraftman George Horst, who died on October 30, 1944, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Corporal John Horst
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of John Horst
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
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Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Horst
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Horst
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Horst
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Horst
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Horst
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Horst
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Horst
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 338 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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