GUTJAHR, CARL ORVILLE Reg.# B136862
Carl Orville Gutjahr was born September 20, 1924 in Sunridge, the son of Alert Hugh Gutjahr and Olive Christine Rhuebottom.
Carl Guthar enlisted in November of 1942, He went into action with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles on D Day.
He died on August 12, 1944.
The Royal Winniipeg Rifles were part of the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. They were in the first wave of landings on D Day, 6 June 1944. The Royal Winnipeg Rifles fought throughout the Normandy campaign, fighting in famous battles such as Caen and the Falaise Gap.
Wikipedia provides the following description of the Falais Gap:
The Falaise pocket or battle of the Falaise pocket (German: Kessel von Falaise; 12–21 August 1944) was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. Allied forces formed a pocket around Falaise, Calvados, in which German Army Group B, with the 7th Army and the Fifth Panzer Army (formerly Panzergruppe West) were encircled by the Western Allies. The battle resulted in the destruction of most of Army Group B west of the Seine, which opened the way to Paris and the Franco-German border.
It was on the first day of the battle of Falais Gap that Carl Guthar was killed.
LCA (Landing Craft Assault) containing Winnipeg Rifles head for the Normandy Juno beach - June 6, 1944.
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, during Operation Spring, France, 25 July 1944.
Troops of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles near Ifs, Calvados, France, 25 July 1944
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Carl Gutjahr
Carl Gutjahr
