In memory of

Craftsman

Casmier Syntak

who died on 11 Feb 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Royal Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
  Rank Craftsman
  Service number L8111
  Date of death 19450211
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L8111 Craftsman (Royal Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers) Casmier Syntak (b.1913) of Cut Knife was KIA 19450211 by an enemy mortar during operations to clear the west bank of the Rhine and is buried at Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery near Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. He was the son of John and Enola Syntak who came from Trubchyn, Ternopil', Ukraine, in 1919. John was a harnessmaker at Cut Knife and Casmier was clerking in a store when he enlisted at Saskatoon in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 439 - Cut Knife
  Cemetery or memorial location Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) Cut Knife
  Geo-memorial Syntak Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.4167°N / 103.05°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63M6
  Geo-memorial details Northwest of Pelican Narrows.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19130312
  Place of birth Ukraine    
  Date of enlistment 19410424
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Cut Knife    
  Occupation store clerk
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