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Trooper GEORGE HENRY BACKUS

Service Number: A/104765
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Elgin Regiment, R.C.A.C.

25th Armd. Delivery Regt.

Date of Death

Died 19 November 1944

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

XX. A. 3.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Fredrick Henry and Sarah Jane Backus, of Wallacetown, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription PEACEFUL BE THY REST
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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