B163666 Rifleman George Ewoniuk was born in Garson, Sudbury, Ontario, on 10 October 1925. The son of George Joseph Ewoniuk and Anne, he had one younger sister Helen. His family were Greek Orthodox and he completed grade 12.

Before his enlistment, Ewoniuk spent a total of almost 1 1/2 years in jail for theft of money and a car. He was released on 23 July 1944 and a week later enlisted in the active service army. He trained in Brantford, Camp Borden and Debert, Nova Scotia, and reported for duty in the United Kingdom on 1 January 1945. He arrived in Europe on 10 February and was posted to The Queen’s Own Rifles on 2 March.

Rifleman Ewoniuk was killed in action on 10 April 1945, aged 19. He is buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery, grave reference II. A. 7. His family had the following engraved on his marker:

OUR DEAREST SON AND BROTHER
EVER LOVINGLY REMEMBERED
BY MOTHER AND HELEN

For many years his grave was cared for by Mr. W. De Groot.