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Wartime Heritage
ASSOCIATION
Remembering WWII
Nova Scotia Casualties
Glendon Murray Alcorn
Rank:
Private
Service No:
F/41550
Service:
West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C.
“B” Company
Date of Birth:
June 13, 1920
Place of Birth:
Bear River, NS
Date of Enlistment:
September 21, 1939
Place of Enlistment:
Bridgewater, NS
Address At Enlistment:
Bear River, NS
Age at Enlistment:
19
Trade:
Farmer
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
United Church
Next of Kin:
Marjorie Alcorn (Mother) Bear River, NS
Glendon Murray Alcorn was the son of Murray Clifford Alcorn and Marjorie Florence Alcorn, of Bear River, NS. He
embarked Halifax on December 21, 1939 and disembarked at Gourock in the UK on December 31, 1939 serving there until July
10, 1943. He died on August 9, 1943 of wounds received in action on August 2, while serving in Sicily.
Date of Death:
August 9, 1943
Age At Death:
23
Cemetery:
Agira Canadian War Cemetery, Sicily
Grave Reference:
D, F, 468.
Listed on the Bear River War Memorial
Commemorated on Page 130 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on March 19
Sources and Information:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Veterans Affairs Canada
findagrave.com
