In memory of

Lance Sergeant

Carman Dominic Killian

who died on 20 Jul 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit South Saskatchewan Regiment
  Rank Lance Sergeant
  Service number L86971
  Date of death 19440720
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L86971 Lance Sergeant (South Saskatchewan Regiment) Carman Dominic Killian (b.1918) of Dunleath was KIA 19440720 at Verrières Ridge and is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France. He was the son of Pearl Ethel Flynn of Stove Creek northeast of Lintlaw. Carman was born at Colgate and was farming east of Yorkton when he enlisted at Regina early in 1942, leaving a wife Margaret Anne (she later remarried as Mrs. Geddes).
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 243 - Wallace
  Cemetery or memorial location Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Lintlaw
  Geo-memorial Killian Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 52.5167°N / 101.9°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63C12
  Geo-memorial details Northwest of Elbow Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19180706
  Place of birth Colgate    
  Date of enlistment 19420205
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Dunleath    
  Occupation farmer
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