BACKLER, Herman
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- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- December 08, 1923
- Date of Death
- August 18, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Pas de Calais, Leubringhen, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 20
- Enlistment No.
- R-195442
- Rank
- Flight Sergeant
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flight Sergeant Herman Backler, of Montreal, Quebec, who was listed missing after active service on August 18, 1944, was for official purposes presumed dead (R.C.A.F. Casualty List No. 1193) on May 14, 1945. He enlisted in the air force on November 1, 1942, and graduated from No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School at Mont Joli, Quebec.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
EMSIG, Mervyn K.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy117
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- 1924
- Date of Death
- September 09, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Pas de Calais, Leubringhen, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 20
- Enlistment No.
- J-39569
- Rank
- Flying Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flying Officer Mervyn Emsig of Toronto, Ontario, was reported missing following air operations overseas on September 9, 1944. He was buried in Calais, France. He enlisted in the air force on January 1, 1943. He had completed six operational flights at the time of his disappearance.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
GREEN, Simon
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- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- August 19, 1942
- Place of Burial
- Pas de Calais, Leubringhen, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 22
- Enlistment No.
- B-68182
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Regiment
- Notes
- Private Simon Green of Toronto, Ontario, was officially reported killed in action on August 19, 1942.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
HEIFETZ, Leizer
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- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Birth
- 1909
- Date of Death
- August 19, 1942
- Place of Burial
- Pas de Calais, Leubringhen, France
- Enlistment No.
- B-37663
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
- Notes
- Private Leizer Heifetz of Parkerveiw, Saskatchewan, who was listed as missing after the raid on Dieppe, was for official purposes presumed dead (Casualty List No. 349) on August 19, 1942. He enlisted in 1941 and proceeded overseas with the 1st Division. He was born in Vetka, Russia.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
LYONE, Alex (Alexander) Martin
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- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- January 01, 1893
- Date of Death
- September 26, 1917
- Place of Burial
- Pas de Calais, Leubringhen, France
- Cemetery
- Calais Southern Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 23
- Enlistment No.
- 71555
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant
- Unit
- 11th Northumberland Fusiliers
- Notes
- Second Lieutenant Alex Lyone was from Winnipeg, Manitoba, enlisting in the 27th Winnipeg Battalion as a private. After considerable service at the front, he received his commission and became an officer in the Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme. He was awarded the Military Cross.
- Subjects
- World War I
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
SHORE, Joseph
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- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- September 27, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Pas de Calais, Leubringhen, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 36
- Enlistment No.
- K-51093
- Rank
- Rifleman
- Unit
- Royal Winnipeg Rifles
- Notes
- Rifleman Joseph Shore of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was killed in action in Belgium on September 27, 1944, according to an official announcement. He enlisted at Vancouver on April 17, 1943.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
SOLOMON, Alexander
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- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Death
- August 15, 1917
- Place of Burial
- Pas de Calais, Leubringhen, France
- Cemetery
- Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension
- Rank
- Lieutenant
- Unit
- 87th Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
- Notes
- Lieutenant Alexander Solomon was from London, England. (British Jewry Book of Honour WWI written by Rabbi Dr. H. Abramowitz, Senior Chaplain to the British Forces.)
- Subjects
- World War I
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
SORONOW, Morris Marvin
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- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- 1913
- Date of Death
- August 28, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Pas de Calais, Leubringhen, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 33
- Rank
- Lieutenant
- Unit
- Royal Winnipeg Rifles, R.C.I.C.
- Notes
- Lieutenant Morris Soronow of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was killed in action on August 28, 1944. He met his death when the platoon he commanded was crossing the Seine on the way to Rouen and ran into a German machine gun nest. Lieutenant Soronow had gone on ahead to find a more advantageous position for his men when he was struck down. However, he managed to warn his platoon to fall back. Lieutenant Soronow enlisted with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles in September 1942 and trained at Gordon Head, Maple Creek and Shilo. He proceeded overseas in July 1943. A brother, Robert I. Soronow, served in the R.C.A.F. overseas.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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