Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Shechosky
In memory of:
Able Seaman John Shechosky
October 27, 1946
Military Service
V/52394
23
Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
H.M.C.S. Chippawa
Additional Information
Son of Alexander and Dorothy Shechosky, of Winnipeg; husband of Olga Shechosky, of Winnipeg.
Commemorated on Page 590 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada
Sec. D.4. Lot 450.
The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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