In memory of

Lance Corporal

Albert Lavern Blixrud

who died on 17 Sep 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit South Saskatchewan Regiment
  Rank Lance Corporal
  Service number L153538
  Date of death 19440917
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L153538 Lance Corporal (South Saskatchewan Regiment) Albert Lavern Blixrud (b.1913) of Sandwith was KIA 19440917 at Bray Dunes Plage and is buried at Coxyde military cemetery, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Blixrud worked on the construction of the Borden bridge and drove truck for loggers at Meadow Lake and Green Lake before enlisting at Winnipeg in 1943. He was born at Jamestown, Stutsman Co., North Dakota, and came with his family to SW21-48-15-W3 at the northeastern corner of the Moosomin reserve the next year. His father Kristian Andreasson Blixrud was born in Norway, his mother Dora (Kowitz) was a native of Hamburg, Germany, and they donated the site for the Molewood school. Two of Albert's brothers Bill and Norman also saw service in the Army.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 467 - Round Hill
  Cemetery or memorial location Coxyde military cemetery, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium    

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  Geo-memorial Blixrud Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 58.1333°N / 104.8167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74I2
  Geo-memorial details On behalf of the family, Doug Chisholm erected a plaque at Blixrud Lake west of Waterbury Lake in 2003.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19131122
  Place of birth Jamestown, Stutsman Co, North Dakota    
  Date of enlistment 19430818
  Place of enlistment Winnipeg, Manitoba    
  Residence on enlistment Sandwith    
  Occupation trucker
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