Name: Rank: Service No: Service: Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Height: Complexion: Eye Colour: Hair Colour: Marital Status: Trade: Religion: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Cemetery: Reference:

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Michael John Makichuk Corporal H/41223 Royal Winnipeg Rifles, R.C.I.C. September 24, 1920 Portage La Prairie, Manitoba June 26, 1940 Winnipeg, Manitoba 19 5 feet, 9 inches Ruddy Blue Brown Single (at enlistment) Barber Greek Catholic Samuel Makichuk (Father) Portage La Prairie, Manitoba Elizabeth Amelia Makichuk (Wife) Debert, NS (September 1943) June 6, 1944 23 Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers V. G. 10. Commemorated on page 377 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on August 10 Michael John Makichuk was the son of Saffron Samuel Makichuk (1888-1957) and Ahafia or Hafia Effie (Myska) Makichuk (1900-1940), of Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Michael’s mother was born in Zalishchyky, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, and his father was born in Holihrady, near Zalishchyky, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. Michael was the husband of Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Amelia (Leben) Makichuk (1920-2008), of Debert, Nova Scotia. Michael and Elizabeth were married in London, England on September 11, 1943. At that time Elizabeth was serving with the 41st Company of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC), Canadian Army, England. She was born in Masstown, Nova Scotia, on November 10, 1920 and died on January 9, 2008. Corporal Makichuk served in Canada between June 26, 1940 and August 28, 1941. He served in the United Kingdom between August 29, 1941 and June 6, 1944. He died of wounds received in action during the invasion at Normandy on June 6, 1944, and was interred at the Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, in Reviers, Calvados, France.