In memory of

Trooper

Henry Ewert

who died on 8 Oct 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit 14th Canadian Hussars
  Rank Trooper
  Service number L51078
  Date of death 19441008
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L51078 Trooper (14th Canadian Hussars driver mechanic) Henry Ewert Jr. (b.1920) of Leinan was KIA 19441008 near Hoogerheide and is buried at Schoonselhof cemetery, Antwerpen, Belgium. He was the son of Heinrich H. and Justina Ewert who came from Alexanderhof, Memrik, Ukraine, to homestead E13-31-22-W2 just north of Lockwood (his mother remarried as Mrs. Manthey). The family soon moved to Leinan north of Swift Current. Henry Jr. was driving truck when he enlisted at Swift Current in 1941. He married Iris Mary (Williams) at Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, in 1944; she later moved to Leinan and remarried as Mrs. Hartman of Belleville, Ontario, after the war. Henry's brother Jake served in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals in northwestern Europe.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 137 - Swift Current
  Cemetery or memorial location Schoonselhof cemetery, Wilrijk, Antwerpen, Belgium    

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  Honour roll location(s) Drake
  Geo-memorial Ewert Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.6°N / 105.1833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P11
  Geo-memorial details West of Missinipe.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19200925
  Place of birth Alexanderhof, Memrik, Ukraine    
  Date of enlistment 19410527
  Place of enlistment Swift Current    
  Residence on enlistment Leinan    
  Occupation trucker
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