On 6 June 1944, 'D-Day', Private Ahlstom landed on the beaches of Normandy with the Allied Forces; "Missing" on 9 June, he was later declared to have been "Killed In Action".
Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: K/49187
Age: 22
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Division: 1st Battalion
Honours/Awards: 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) & Clasp.
Born in Vane Osaka, Osaka, Sweden, he was an electric welder by trade, residing on Richards Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Army on 8 Jan 1943 in Vancouver. He served in Canada, in the United Kingdom and in France.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ahlstrom of Hogsater, Dalsand, Sweden.
Private Knute Emanuel Ahlstrom is commemorated on Page 235 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: K/49187
Age: 22
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Division: 1st Battalion
Honours/Awards: 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) & Clasp.
Born in Vane Osaka, Osaka, Sweden, he was an electric welder by trade, residing on Richards Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Army on 8 Jan 1943 in Vancouver. He served in Canada, in the United Kingdom and in France.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ahlstrom of Hogsater, Dalsand, Sweden.
Private Knute Emanuel Ahlstrom is commemorated on Page 235 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
On 6 June 1944, 'D-Day', Private Ahlstom landed on the beaches of Normandy with the Allied Forces; "Missing" on 9 June, he was later declared to have been "Killed In Action".
Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: K/49187
Age: 22
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Division: 1st Battalion
Honours/Awards: 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) & Clasp.
Born in Vane Osaka, Osaka, Sweden, he was an electric welder by trade, residing on Richards Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Army on 8 Jan 1943 in Vancouver. He served in Canada, in the United Kingdom and in France.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ahlstrom of Hogsater, Dalsand, Sweden.
Private Knute Emanuel Ahlstrom is commemorated on Page 235 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: K/49187
Age: 22
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Division: 1st Battalion
Honours/Awards: 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) & Clasp.
Born in Vane Osaka, Osaka, Sweden, he was an electric welder by trade, residing on Richards Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Army on 8 Jan 1943 in Vancouver. He served in Canada, in the United Kingdom and in France.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ahlstrom of Hogsater, Dalsand, Sweden.
Private Knute Emanuel Ahlstrom is commemorated on Page 235 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
IN LOVING MEMORY OF KNUTE,
BORN IN SWEDEN.
REST IN PEACE
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