In memory of

Lance Corporal

Ernest Donald Stewart

who died on 16 Aug 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit South Saskatchewan Regiment
  Rank Lance Corporal
  Service number L84669
  Date of death 19440816
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L84669 Lance Corporal (South Saskatchewan Regiment) Ernest Donald Stewart (b.1920) of Baildon was KIA 19440816 in Operation Tractable at Falaise and is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France. He was the only son of Charles Robert and Julia Amanda Stewart who homesteaded NW18-15-25-W2 southeast of Moose Jaw. Ernest was born at Moose Jaw and was faming with his family when he was called up for NRMA training at Regina early in 1942, he went active three months later.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 131 - Baildon
  Cemetery or memorial location Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Stewart Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 54.6667°N / 103.2°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63L11
  Geo-memorial details Southwest of Jan Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19200510
  Place of birth Moose Jaw    
  Date of enlistment 19420122
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Baildon    
  Occupation farmer
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