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Rifleman MATTHEW CONNELL

Service Number: L/27789
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Regina Rifle Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 17 November 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

II. H. 10.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Patrick and Winifred Connell, of Mitchellton, Saskatchewan.
  • Personal Inscription ON EARTH HE NOBLY DID HIS BEST. GRANT HIM, JESUS, HEAVENLY REST. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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