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Lieutenant JOHN GORDON KAVANAGH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STEENDEREN GENERAL CEMETERY

Grave 1.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Cora Kavanagh and the late John Kavanagh of, 12, Sandford Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Emily Jean Kavanagh.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED A BRAVE SOLDIER FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM DEARLY LOVED PROUDLY REMEMBERED
  • N.B. Recent research has shown that Lieutenant Kavanagh is buried here. Please contact the Commission for further details. Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated on the Groesbeek Memorial.
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