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Corporal JOSEPH KNECHT

Service Number: B/70335
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

VIII. A. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Jacob Knecht and of Anna Knecht (nee Haus), of Govan, Saskatchewan.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT FOR US AND HE DIED FOR US
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Buried or commemorated at

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2960
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