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Request for Birthdate – Canadian Soldier



Personnel Records Unit - Urgent - 02Apr2005 - Urgent -
Library and Archives Canada

395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON
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Friends at the Archives,



For the 60th Anniversary of the liberation of the Village of Etten, The Netherlands, that community is erecting a monument honouring the Canadians soldiers who died or died of wounds later, in that effort. For the monument, which will be created 4-8Apr2005, they would like the birthdate for:



No

Surname

Rank

Service

Date Of Death

Age

Regiment

Nationality

Grave/Memorial Ref.

Cemetery/Memorial Name



McDERMOTT, MICHAEL JOSEPH

Private

B/88202

05/08/1945

Unknown

South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Canadian

 

KILGOBBIN OLD CHURCH CEMETERY

Son of Mary Shepherd, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.



Source: http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/search.aspx



Note that the surname is sometimes seen as MacDermott in the records, and the enlistment number is sometimes L-88202.



Background: http://cap.estevan.sk.ca/ssr/etten/



GC Salmers, BA MLS

Librarian.

Webmaster, Honorary Life Member - South Saskatchewan Regiment Association.