George Washington Prestlien

  Research Notes:

1. source: www.rootsworldconnect.com
contact: Marvin Knock; marvin@knock.com (6 February 2007)

- killed in action - WWII, shortly after marriage


2. source: Shadows of the Neutrals, page 23
- "the boys who did not come back from the wars..... 1939-1945; Prestlien, G W

3. source: family records - Family Sheet complied by Mary Grue (nee Lofgren), about 1979
- Killed in action 22 Sept 1944

4. source: www.findagrave.com
- Spr. George W Prestlien
Sapper, 6 Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers

Calais Canadian War Cemetery contains 704 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 30 of them unidentified. It is located in the commune of Leubringhen, a village halfway between Calais and Boulogne. The area was liberated by the Canadian First Army early in September 1944 as they advanced up the French coast into Belgium in pursuit of retreating German forces. Most of the burials in the cemetery date from this period. There are also six Czech and 19 Polish war graves.

5. Source: Memories and Milestones, page 1020

- "Went to France on D-Day with the invasion and managed to survive until September 22 when he and his crew of six were blown up while clearning the road of mines into Bologne"

6. Source: Lethbridge Herald, 10 Nov 1944, page 6, col 6; transcription [ Rueben D Grue, 2 Feb 2011 ]
"ALTA. ARMY CASUALTIES"
Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers
PRESTLIEN, George Washington. Spr. Mrs. Margaret Prestlien (wife), Edinburgh, Scotland; Mrs. Tilda Prestlien (mother), Hughenden.

7. Commenwealth War Graves Commission

- date of death 22 Sept 1944
- Sapper, Royal Canadian Engineers; unit - 6 Field Coy.
- Service # M/101711
- grave/memorial ref: 4.D.11.


8. Library and Archives Canada - request for Military Service Information -- sent request the end of Sept 2010 --- information received Oct 2009, package of papers in envelop file - but they have not been scanned by me [pages are 8.5 by 11, and so harder to scan

BUT: they have been scanned by Ancestry - couldn't find it on their index or search page, so:
Canada, World War II Records and Services Files of War Dead, 1939-1947
[ancestry.com collection; Volume 26819-26918; number 26841, servce no, M-101711] SEE his file on my PC

link, https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/9145/images/44485_83024005507_0636-00089?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=101071 ; images 89-143






9. Calgary Herald, 13 Nov 1943, page 5 col 4&5, "Casuality List"
Killed in Action. Corps of Canadain Engineers
George Washington Priestlien, Spr., M101711, Mrs Margaret Prestlien (wife), 17 Murduck Terrace, Eninburgh, Scotland. Mrs. Tilda Prestlien (mother), Hughenden ³⁷⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Military Service: as a Sapper with the Royal Canadian Engineers, World War II; Killed in Action during D-Day Operations while clearning the road of mines into Bologne: France. ²²⁴³

George married Margaret Izaat.