In memory of

Rifleman

Lewis David Gipes

who died on 8 Apr 1945


Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Regina Rifles
  Rank Rifleman
  Service number L106467
  Date of death 19450408
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L106467 Rifleman (Regina Rifles) Lewis David Gipes (b.1907) of Hillmond was KIA 19450408 at Deventer during the liberation of the Netherlands and is buried at Holten Canadian war cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands. His father John Noble Gipes homesteaded SW28-50-25-W3 in the Marie Hill district north of Lashburn in 1925, his mother Sadie Annie died in 1913. Lewis was born at Chatfield, Olmsted Co., Minnesota, and was farming when he enlisted at Regina in 1943.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 502 - Britannia
  Cemetery or memorial location Holten Canadian war cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) Hillmond
  Geo-memorial Gipes Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.0833°N / 104.2°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74A1
  Geo-memorial details West of Brabant Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19071226
  Place of birth Chatfield, Olmsted Co, Minnesota    
  Date of enlistment 19430708
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Hillmond    
  Occupation farmer
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