In memory of

Trooper

Douglas Jay Bovair

who died on 28 Feb 1945


Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit British Columbia Regiment
  Rank Trooper
  Service number B136535
  Date of death 19450228
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  B136535 Trooper (28th Armoured, British Columbia Regiment driver/mechanic) Douglas Jay Bovair (b.1924) of D'Arcy was KIA 19450228 during operations to clear the west bank of the Rhine and is buried at Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery near Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. He was the son of Percival Henry and Mary Alice Bovair who retired to Summerland, British Columbia. Douglas was farming before enlisting at Toronto, Ontario, late in 1942.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 288 - Pleasant Valley
  Cemetery or memorial location Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) RM Pleasant Valley
  Geo-memorial Bovair Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.95°N / 108.7833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74F15
  Geo-memorial details Southeast of Cluff Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19240228
  Place of birth D'Arcy    
  Date of enlistment 19421123
  Place of enlistment Toronto, Ontario    
  Residence on enlistment D'Arcy    
  Occupation farmer
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