In memory of

Signalman

Oscar Albrecht

who died on 17 Jul 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
  Rank Signalman
  Service number L64955
  Date of death 19440717
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L64955 Signalman (Royal Canadian Corps of Signals) Oscar (Grassy) Albrecht (b.1919) of Leader was KIA 19440717 near Caen and is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France. Because he was a conscientious objector, Albrecht opted to become a signaller and was struck by mortar shrapnel while stringing communications wires from a telephone pole. He was the son of Wilhelm and Christina Albrecht who came from Romania and retired to Medicine Hat, Alberta, during the war. Grassy was working the family farm at NW5-22-26-W3 just southwest of Leader when he enlisted at Regina early in 1942.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 231 - Happyland
  Cemetery or memorial location Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Leader
  Geo-memorial Albrecht Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.6167°N / 103.6333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64M12
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Milton Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19190124
  Place of birth Leader    
  Date of enlistment 19420217
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Leader    
  Occupation farmer
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