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Gunner FRANKLIN W. NEAR

Service Number: A/28131
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Artillery

17 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 17 April 1945

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

XIV. G. 10.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William P. and Mary Ada Near, of Acton, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF A BELOVED SON AND BROTHER WHO GAVE HIS ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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