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NORDLING GUSTAV UK 20/12/1943 PRIVATE 'K/65213' JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 22/04/1943

BAERG GEORGE 19 20/12/1943 PRIVATE (A/LCPL)

'K/48612' SON OF JACOB & MARIA BAERG, OF COUNTY LINE, BC. DIED OF WOUNDS SUSTAINED. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 22/07/1943

DOHERTY JAMES 35 20/12/1943 LANCE CORPORAL (A/CPL)

'K/53042' SON OF JOHN DOHERTY, & OF ALICE DOHERTY, OF MOOSE JAW, SASKATCHEWAN. D COY, DIED IN BAYONET CHARGE WITH 15 PLATOON JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 11/05/1940

GUNTER ERNEST ELMO

28 20/12/1943 CORPORAL 'K/38669' SON OF WILEY & SALLIE GUNTER, OF HAMMON, OKLAHOMA, U.S.A.; HUSB& OF JEANETTE GUNTER, OF HAMMON. PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 22/07/1943. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 28/08/1942

MOTTL JOE 27 20/12/1943 SERGEANT 'K/42023' SON OF JOE & FRANCES MOTTL, OF BLAIRMORE, ALBERTA. PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 27/07/1943 D COY, 14 PLATOON. DIED IN ATTACK ON SANTA MARIA CHURCH JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 2/12/1939

NORTHEY LLOYD H. 30 20/12/1943 PRIVATE 'M/65310' SON OF RICHARD & CHARLOTTE NORTHEY, OF BASHAW, ALBERTA JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 12/12/1943

ROBINSON ARTHUR LESLIE

31 20/12/1943 LIEUTENANT NO SERVICE NO.

SON OF RICHARD PHILIP & DOROTHY F. ROBINSON; HUSB& OF NATALIE OLIVE ROBINSON, KAMLOOPS, BC. D COY, DIED IN BAYONET CHARGE WITH 15 PLATOON PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 26/07/1943. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 17/10/1943.

WELLS JOSEPH JOHN 31 20/12/1943 PRIVATE 'L/27826' SON OF ALEX & ELENORE WELLS, OF PONOKA, ALBERTA JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 17/10/1943

YATES NORMAN 27 22/12/1943 PRIVATE 'K/53215' SON OF ALBERT & LOUISE YATES, OF VANCOUVER, BC JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 25/04/1941

BEADS JAMES LAWRENCE

25 23/12/1943 PRIVATE 'K/37071' PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 19/07/1943. DIED OF WOUNDS AT ORTONA

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JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 1/12/1939

DAHL WILLIAM EARL

UK 23/12/1943 PRIVATE 'L/86626' JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 1/09/1943

MCPARLON,

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GEORGE LYNN

31 23/12/1943 LANCE CORPORAL

'K98595' SON OF GEORGE ERNEST & IDA ELIZABETH MCPARLON, OF WEST GR& FORKS, BC PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 5/08/1943. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 20/11/1942

SQUIRE JAMES H. J. UK 23/12/1943 PRIVATE 'K/29058' JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 11/05/1940

DRAKE IVOR UK 24/12/1943 CORPORAL 'K/52680' PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 26/07/1943. DIED OF WOUNDS AT ORTONA JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 22/09/1939

MADDEN MELVILLE EDGAR

24 24/12/1943 PRIVATE 'M/102381' SON OF CLARENCE R. & NORMA A. MADDEN, OF LACOMBE, ALBERTA JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 1/09/1943

VANCE THOMAS CULLEN BROWN

30 24/12/1943 MAJOR NO SERVICE NO.

SON OF JOHN FLEMING CULLEN BROWN VANCE & ETHEL JANE VANCE, OF VANCOUVER, BC; HUSB& OF PATRICIA KATHLEEN VANCE, OF CALGARY, ALBERTA. KILLED BY A SNIPER WHILE DIRECTING TANK FIRE PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN ITALY ON 6/12/1943. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 21/11/1941

WILLIAMS GEORGE KING 25 24/12/1943 LANCE CORPORAL

'A/23052' SON OF JAMES THOMPSON WILLIAMS & LILLIAN KING WILLIAMS, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, U.S.A. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 30/04/1943

BJERKE HENRY 25 25/12/1943 PRIVATE 'M/33969' SON OF ALBERT & OLIVIA BJERKE, OF WADENA, SASKATCHEWAN JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 25/07/1943

BUCHANAN SIDNEY LEONARD

36 25/12/1943 CORPORAL 'K/53099' SON OF DAVID & ELLEN BUCHANAN; HUSB& OF ALEX&RA BUCHANAN, OF VANCOUVER, BC JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 12/12/1940

GILMORE ROBERT UK 25/12/1943 PRIVATE 'K/52156' PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN ITALY ON 7/10/1943.

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GERRIE JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 12/09/1939

LE BEAU RALPH G. UK 25/12/1943 PRIVATE 'K/53193' PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 31/07/1943. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 2/05/1941

MCARDLE PATRICK CHRISTOPHER

UK 25/12/1943 PRIVATE 'K/67764' CAPTURED ON 24/12/1943 & DIED WHILST A POW ON XMAS JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 22/01/1943

SELLERS ERIC FORBES 25 25/12/1943 CORPORAL 'K/52266' SON OF GEORGE SELLERS & MARY SELLERS, VANCOUVER, BC PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 28/07/1943. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 14/09/1939

BEATON ALEX JOE 28 26/12/1943 PRIVATE 'E/30649' SON OF JOHN A. & ANN BEATON, OF INVERNESS, NOVA SCOTIA. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 25/12/1942

BERRY EDWIN 23 26/12/1943 PRIVATE 'K/42128' SON OF JOHN K. & HELLEN BERRY JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 22/12/1943

CARSELL DALLAS ALEX&RA HILL

24 26/12/1943 CORPORAL 'K/53075' SON OF QUINTIN & MARY CARSELL; HUSB& OF CATHERINE CARSELL. DIED OF WOUNDS JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 22/O5/1940

FITZGERALD BRIAN ELLIS 24 26/12/1943 CORPORAL 'K/73854' SON OF JAMES & FLORENCE FITZGERALD, OF PICARDVILLE, ALBERTA JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 17/11/1943

GOOD GEORGE &REW

28 26/12/1943 PRIVATE 'K/45872' SON OF GEORGE E. & ISABELLA GOOD, OF CHILLIWACK, BC JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 30/04/1943

LAING WILLIAM UK 26/12/1943 PRIVATE 'D/86032' HUSB& OF EMILY LAING, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 1/09/1943

L&RY MARCEL EDD 22 26/12/1943 PRIVATE 'K/74377' SON OF MOISE JOSEPH L&RY & OF YVONNE L&RY (NÉE TURCOTTE), OF VANCOUVER, BC JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 1/09/1943

LEEDAM CHARLES L. 31 26/12/1943 SERGEANT 'K/62240' SON OF CHARLES WILMAN LEEDAM & JESSICA LEEDAM; HUSB& OF DOREEN ADELAIDE LEEDAM. OF WEST CALGARY, ALBERTA JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 1/09/1943

MACLEOD JOHN HARPER

19 26/12/1943 PRIVATE 'M/101975' SON OF ALEX&ER & ALEX&RA HARPER MACLEOD, OF COBBLE HILL, BC (PREVIOUSLY FROM CALGARY, ALBERTA).

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JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 10/10/1943 HIS BROTHER, F/SGT ALEX&ER OWEN MACLEOD, RCAF KIA ON 13/10/1942 & BURIED IN MALTA

MCCONNELL LESTER HARVEY

28 26/12/1943 CORPORAL 'K/52198' SON OF JOSEPH &REW & GERTRUDE CECIL MCCONNELL, OF CHILLIWACK, BC PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 22/07/1943 JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 12/09/1939.

MCPHEE FREDERICK JOHN

23 26/12/1943 PRIVATE 'K/74808' HUSB& OF MILDRED ETHEL MCPHEE, OF VANCOUVER, BC PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 20/07/1943 JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 21/08/1942

FARMER ALEX&ER 43 27/12/1943 CSM (WO II) 'K/52090' HUSB& OF DORIS LUCY FARMER PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 19/07/1943 JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 11/09/1939

HAMANN HENRY RUDOLPH

UK 27/12/1943 PRIVATE (A/CPL)

'K/74749' PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 5/08/1943 JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 4/12/1942

LAROCQUE ROBERT UK 27/12/1943 PRIVATE 'K/53140' JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 10/10/1940

WELLS CLARENCE ERNEST

35 27/12/1943 PRIVATE 'M/106707' SON OF SNODEN & NANCY KATHRYN WELLS JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 12/12/1943

YELLOWFLY GORDON 27 27/12/1943 PRIVATE 'M/102005' SON OF TEDDY & JANE YELLOWFLY, OF GLEICHEN, ALBERTA; HUSB& OF IDA YELLOWFLY JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 5/07/1943

KING ARTHUR EDD 27 28/12/1943 PRIVATE 'K/53211' SON OF ARTHUR A. & ANNIE KING, VANCOUVER, BC. PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 10/07/1943 JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 4/04/1941

FORRESTER JOHN G. 29 29/12/1943 PRIVATE 'K/21029' SON OF VIOLET FORRESTER, OF VANCOUVER, BC JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 5/05/1943