In memory of

Corporal

Vincent Francis Germann

who died on 24 Mar 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
  Rank Corporal
  Service number C94772
  Date of death 19450324
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  C94772 Corporal (1st Canadian Parachute Battalion) Vincent Francis Germann (b.1917) of Qu'Appelle was KIA 19450324 during the assault crossing of the Rhine and is buried at Groesbeek Canadian military cemetery near Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. He was the son of Mathias J. and Regina Germann both of whom came from the Kutchurgan colonies in southern Ukraine. Vincent played hockey with the Notre Dame Hounds, Regina Caps, Flin Flon, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies and Hershey Bears before the war, spending his summers at Wilcox playing baseball and studying. He enlisted at Ottawa, Ontario, in 1942.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 157 - South Qu'appelle
  Cemetery or memorial location Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) Wilcox
Qu'Appelle
  Geo-memorial Germann Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.45°N / 103.45°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64D6
  Geo-memorial details Northwest of Southend.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19170618
  Place of birth Qu'Appelle    
  Date of enlistment 19420521
  Place of enlistment Ottawa, Ontario    
  Residence on enlistment Qu'Appelle    
  Occupation hockey player
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