In memory of

Private

Harold Pedersen

who died on 5 Jul 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
  Rank Private
  Service number L33136
  Date of death 19430705
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L33136 Private (Royal Canadian Army Service Corps) Harold Pedersen (b.1918) of Pas Trail was KIA 19430705 and is commemorated on the Cassino Memorial, Frosinone, Italy, for soldiers from the Italian campaign who died with no known grave. SS Devis was torpodoed off the north coast of Tunisia while ferrying Canadian troops for the invasion of Sicily, and Pedersen was one of the 52 soldiers lost. He was the son of Severen and Severina Pedersen who came from Norway and later retired to Courtenay, British Columbia. Harold was born at Carmichael, educated at Berlin school south of Star City and was farming and working in sawmills north of Carrot River when he enlisted at Saskatoon in 1941, originally in the Royal Canadian Engineers. Two brothers Olaf and Robert also served in the Army overseas.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 486 - Moose Range
  Cemetery or memorial location Cassino Memorial, Frosinone, Italy    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Pedersen Island, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.4667°N / 108.2833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74N8
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Grouse Island in Lake Athabasca.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19181202
  Place of birth Carmichael    
  Date of enlistment 19410602
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Pas Trail    
  Occupation farmer
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