In memory of

Private

Dan Serhon

who died on 24 Jan 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
  Rank Private
  Service number H17025
  Date of death 19440124
  Cause of death died of wounds
Narrative history
  H17025 Private (Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) Dan Serhon (b.1921) of Rama died 19440124 of wounds received a week earlier and is buried at Moro River Canadian war cemetery, Ortona, Chieti, Italy. He was the son of Joseph and Tekla (Kresak) Serhon who were both born in Galicia (Ukraine), and Dan and his siblings attended Boxmoor school southeast of Invermay. Dan was working as a carpenter for a Yorkton based construction company when he enlisted at Winnipeg, Manitoba, early in 1940.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 305 - Invermay
  Cemetery or memorial location Moro River Canadian war cemetery, Ortona, Chieti, Italy    

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  Honour roll location(s) Rama
  Geo-memorial Serhon Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.0167°N / 107.7°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74G4
  Geo-memorial details Southwest of Cree Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19210103
  Place of birth Rama    
  Date of enlistment 19400312
  Place of enlistment Winnipeg, Manitoba    
  Residence on enlistment Rama    
  Occupation carpenter
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