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Corporal Dewart Bowyer Kessler
October 2, 1944
Calgary Highlanders
Service Number K/48240 – Original Unit of Service – Westminster Regiment (M.G.)
Bergen‑Op‑Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands. Age 21
Son of Lucien Bowyer and Catherine Pearl Kessler, Chilliwack, B.C.

Originally from Fife Lake, Saskatchewan, Kessler came to Chilliwack with his parents in 1942. He worked for both Cherry Motors in Chilliwack and with a cold storage firm located in New Westminster. Dewart Kessler enlisted in the Canadian Army with the Westminster Regiment and later joined the Seaforth Highlanders and proceeded overseas in May 1943. Kessler's parents received news that their son was wounded in action, with the Calgary Highlanders, on July 25, 1944 during the Battle of Normandy. Kessler recovered from these injuries but was killed in action October 7, 1944. In recognition of his distinguished and gallant service Corporal Kessler was mentioned in despatches, however, no citation for the award is recorded.

 

Private Bernard Klaudt
February 24, 1945
Canadian Forestry Corps
Service Number K/70292. Original Unit of Service – Irish Fusiliers (V.R.)
Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerp, Belgium. Age 28
Son of Fredrick and Phillipine Klaudt, of Chilliwack, B.C.

In 1931 at the age of 17, "Barney" Klaudt and his parents left Alberta and came to Chilliwack. The family then retraced their steps back to Ponoka, Alberta until 1933 when they returned to Chilliwack. Barney worked for Mr. Ernie Thornton as a farmhand and then moved to Merritt to work on a local ranch. He was employed by Clark's Logging Company, Graham McNair Logging and Earl Brett Logging at Harrison Lake and joined the Canadian Forestry Corps in 1941. In June 1942, he was sent overseas and served in France, Holland and Belgium with the Canadian Forestry Corps. On February 24, 1945 he died as the result of a road accident.

 

 

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