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Private LESTER LORIAN BRAATEN

Service Number: M/38511
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

IV. F. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Nils and Louise Braaten, of North Star, Alberta. His brother Bert J. also fell.
  • Personal Inscription THE LORD GAVE, AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY; BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD. JOB I.21
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Buried or commemorated at

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2960
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