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Military service
Service number:
L/20550
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
March 4, 1923
Leader, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
September 16, 1941
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
October 26, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. H. 17.
Additional information
Son of Lambert and Annie Laturnus, of Wilkie, Saskatchewan.
Brother of Pilot Officer Andrew Laturnus, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Private Edward Laturnus
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Newspaper clipping
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Grave Marker
Resting in a serene and an immaculately kept cemetery. Laturnus Island, Jewett Lake, Saskatchewan is a special place for our family to enjoy the Canadian wilderness and be thankful for those who sacrificed for our freedom
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Laturnus
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Laturnus
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Laturnus
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Laturnus
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Laturnus
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Laturnus
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Laturnus
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 360 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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