In memory of

Rifleman

Norman Earl Silvester

who died on 9 Jul 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Royal Winnipeg Rifles
  Rank Rifleman
  Service number L93652
  Date of death 19440709
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L93652 Rifleman (Royal Winnipeg Rifles) Norman Earl Silvester (b.1921) of Chaplin was KIA 19440709 at Caen and is buried at Bény-sur-Mer Canadian war cemetery near Reviers, Calvados, France. He was the son of Walter Henry Jr. and Lucy Silvester who came from Burk's Falls, Parry Sound district, Ontario, to homestead SW9-16-6-W3 southwest of Chaplin in 1909 (Lucy later retired to Regina). The family were originally English and it was Granny Silvester who gave the Droxford district its name. Norman was born at Watrous and was farming with his family when he enlisted at Regina in 1942.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 164 - Chaplin
  Cemetery or memorial location Bény-sur-Mer Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Ernfold
  Geo-memorial Silvester Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.7167°N / 108.6°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74N10
  Geo-memorial details East of Tazin Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19210206
  Place of birth Watrous    
  Date of enlistment 19420626
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Chaplin    
  Occupation farmer
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