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Private John Allen Addie

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Private John Allen Addie Veteran

Birth
Regina, Regina Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
Death
21 Jun 1944 (aged 21)
Reviers, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Burial
Reviers, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot
VII. B. 6.
Memorial ID
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John Allan Addie was born in Colfax, Saskatchewan on August 14, 1922 to William Stevenson Addie and Maude Pearl Addie.

He graduated from Scott Collegiate and worked for Western Groceries, a wholesale grocery company.

John enlisted July 30, 1942 in Regina, becoming a private in the Canadian Scottish Regiment RCIC.*1 Their moto was "Ready for the Fray".

He was killed in action and buried in the Beny-sur-Mer Cemetery near Reviers, Calvados, France, just off the main highway from Caen to Courseulles-sur-Mer where Juno Beach is located.

John Allan Addie (L/93693) has an Addie Lake east of Fontaine Lake (74O10) 59degrees 42' 106 degrees 18' named after him.*1

*1 Age Shall Not Weary Them Saskatchewan Remembers Its War Dead by Bill Barry
John Allan Addie was born in Colfax, Saskatchewan on August 14, 1922 to William Stevenson Addie and Maude Pearl Addie.

He graduated from Scott Collegiate and worked for Western Groceries, a wholesale grocery company.

John enlisted July 30, 1942 in Regina, becoming a private in the Canadian Scottish Regiment RCIC.*1 Their moto was "Ready for the Fray".

He was killed in action and buried in the Beny-sur-Mer Cemetery near Reviers, Calvados, France, just off the main highway from Caen to Courseulles-sur-Mer where Juno Beach is located.

John Allan Addie (L/93693) has an Addie Lake east of Fontaine Lake (74O10) 59degrees 42' 106 degrees 18' named after him.*1

*1 Age Shall Not Weary Them Saskatchewan Remembers Its War Dead by Bill Barry

Inscription

L93693 PRIVATE
J. A. ADDIE
CANADIAN SCOTTISH REGIMENT
21ST JUNE 1944 AGE 21

FOND MEMORIES LINGER
OF HAPPY TIMES TOGETHER
WITH ONE WE LOVED
AND WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER.



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  • Maintained by: Shirley Tort
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56104430/john_allen-addie: accessed ), memorial page for Private John Allen Addie (14 Aug 1922–21 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56104430, citing Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Shirley Tort (contributor 47942188).