In memory of

Lance Corporal

James Alland Froom

who died on 5 Apr 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Regina Rifles
  Rank Lance Corporal
  Service number L27675
  Date of death 19450405
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L27675 Lance Corporal (Regina Rifles) James Alland Froom (b.1920) of Chelan was KIA 19450405 at Zutphen during the liberation of the Netherlands and is buried at Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery near Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. James farmed before enlisting at Prince Albert in 1940.

Brother of GE Froom. They were the sons of James Norman and Alice Armenella Froom who came from Ontario to Flaxcombe prior to World War I, moved to Forester in 1927, to Chelan in 1933 and to New Osgoode in 1940.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 426 - Bjorkdale
  Cemetery or memorial location Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) New Osgoode
Porcupine Plain
  Geo-memorial Froom Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.3°N / 103.6667°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64E5
  Geo-memorial details West of Reindeer Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19200831
  Place of birth Flaxcombe    
  Date of enlistment 19400620
  Place of enlistment Prince Albert    
  Residence on enlistment Chelan    
  Occupation farmer
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