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Ian Alastair Sawyer

In memory of:

Private Ian Alastair Sawyer

April 22, 1958
Rafah, Egypt

Military Service


Service Number:

SK 17653

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

Citation(s):

Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF), Dag Hammerskjöld Medal

Additional Information


Born:

March 7, 1938
Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

June 28, 1954
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of Claude and Catherine Sawyer of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of Clyde and Ann Sawyer.

Commemorated on Page 89 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Plot 16 Row B Grave 9

Location:

MOASCAR WAR CEMETERY is situated just off the main Ismailia-Cairo road, 10 kilometres by road from Ismailia. The cemetery is contained within an army camp, 3 kilometres along Treaty Road.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Moascar War Cemetery
  • Private Ian Alastair Sawyer– Private Ian Alastair Sawyer in service uniform

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