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Herman Edward Burke

Herman Edward Burke

Male 1918 - 1944  (25 years)

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  • Name Herman Edward Burke  [1
    Birth 12 Dec 1918  Thurso, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1941  [2
    Truck driver 
    Enlisted 15 Jan 1941  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 15 Jan 1941  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Address:
    82 Murray Street 
    Burial 1944  Calvados, France, Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Address:
    Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery 
    • Grave Reference: XVIII. F. 15.

      This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
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    Herman Edward Burke
    Death 14 Aug 1944  [1
    Obittuary Aft 14 Aug 1944  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • The Ottawa Journal
    Obittuary 20 Sep 1944  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • The Ottawa Citizen
    Fact 21st Armd. Regt.  [1
    Fact Army  [1
    Fact C/58783  [1
    Fact Governor General's Foot Guards, R.C.A.C.  [1
    Fact Guardsman 
    Person ID I126082  Lowertown
    Last Modified 29 Sep 2021 

    Mother Blanche Binette 
    Family ID F48206  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Son of Eddie and Blanche Burke of Thurso, Quebec. Husband of Edna Burke of Thurso. [1]
    • Commemorated on of the Second World War Book of Remembrance .

  • Sources 
    1. [S3438] (Reliability: 3).
      The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM)

    2. [S3437] (Reliability: 3).
      Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947

    3. [S3596] (Reliability: 3).