Private Abel was killed in action at the Battle of Verrières Ridge in France.
Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: L/27555
Age: 28
Force: Army
Unit: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Honours/Awards: 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) & Clasp.
A labourer by trade, residing in Perdue, Saskatchewan, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Army on 18 June 1940 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
Son of Mrs. Emily Alice Abel Cooper of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and son of the late James Abel; brother of Norman, Robert Alexander, George Thomas, James Irving, Mary Helen, Myrtle Winnifred (ABEL) McLELLAN , Alice Emily and Violet Alice.
Private John James Abel is commemorated on Page 234 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated on Saskatchewan's Virtual War Memorial; Saskatchewan's Abel Lake is named to honour the memory of Private John James Abel.
Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: L/27555
Age: 28
Force: Army
Unit: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Honours/Awards: 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) & Clasp.
A labourer by trade, residing in Perdue, Saskatchewan, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Army on 18 June 1940 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
Son of Mrs. Emily Alice Abel Cooper of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and son of the late James Abel; brother of Norman, Robert Alexander, George Thomas, James Irving, Mary Helen, Myrtle Winnifred (ABEL) McLELLAN , Alice Emily and Violet Alice.
Private John James Abel is commemorated on Page 234 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated on Saskatchewan's Virtual War Memorial; Saskatchewan's Abel Lake is named to honour the memory of Private John James Abel.
Private Abel was killed in action at the Battle of Verrières Ridge in France.
Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: L/27555
Age: 28
Force: Army
Unit: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Honours/Awards: 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) & Clasp.
A labourer by trade, residing in Perdue, Saskatchewan, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Army on 18 June 1940 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
Son of Mrs. Emily Alice Abel Cooper of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and son of the late James Abel; brother of Norman, Robert Alexander, George Thomas, James Irving, Mary Helen, Myrtle Winnifred (ABEL) McLELLAN , Alice Emily and Violet Alice.
Private John James Abel is commemorated on Page 234 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated on Saskatchewan's Virtual War Memorial; Saskatchewan's Abel Lake is named to honour the memory of Private John James Abel.
Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: L/27555
Age: 28
Force: Army
Unit: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Honours/Awards: 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) & Clasp.
A labourer by trade, residing in Perdue, Saskatchewan, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Army on 18 June 1940 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
Son of Mrs. Emily Alice Abel Cooper of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and son of the late James Abel; brother of Norman, Robert Alexander, George Thomas, James Irving, Mary Helen, Myrtle Winnifred (ABEL) McLELLAN , Alice Emily and Violet Alice.
Private John James Abel is commemorated on Page 234 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated on Saskatchewan's Virtual War Memorial; Saskatchewan's Abel Lake is named to honour the memory of Private John James Abel.
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