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Military service
Service number:
R89722238
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Birth:
February 14, 1950
L'Ardoise, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
August 8, 1967
Nova Scotia
Death:
February 9, 1970
Cyprus
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 3, Row A, Grave 24
Additional information
Son of Charles William and Mary Eleanor Lerue of L'Ardoise, Richmond County, Nova Scotia. Brother of Mary M., Charles F., Wayne J. and Howard J. Lerue.
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DHEKELIA GARRISON BRITISH MILITARY CEMETERY Cyprus
The cemetery is located in Dhekelia, Cyprus. There are graves for nine Canadians who served with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) and who died between 1964 and 1970.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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