In memory of

Gunner

John Wilberforce Saint

who died on 8 Aug 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Royal Canadian Artillery
  Rank Gunner
  Service number L61707
  Date of death 19440808
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L61707 Gunner (8 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery) John Wilberforce Saint (b.1921) of Dubuc was KIA 19440808 in Operation Totalize during the push to Falaise and is buried at Bayeux war cemetery, Calvados, France. He was the only son of John and Maude Marguerite Saint who came from Derbyshire, England, in 1907 and subsequently retired to Saanichton, British Columbia. John Jr. attended Cotham school and farmed with his family before enlisting at Moosomin in 1941. J Grimmer (qv) was a foster son of the same family.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 184 - Grayson
  Cemetery or memorial location Bayeux war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Dubuc
  Geo-memorial Saint Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.1333°N / 105.1167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74A3
  Geo-memorial details East of Nagle Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19211017
  Place of birth Dubuc    
  Date of enlistment 19410924
  Place of enlistment Moosomin    
  Residence on enlistment Dubuc    
  Occupation farmer
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