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Military service
Service number:
J/94900
Age:
21
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Death:
January 16, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
6. F. 22.
Additional information
Son of Aloysius Alphonse and Rosalie A. Bruggeman, of Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman
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This is my Uncle Joe I never met him but I heard lots about him from my grandparents. He died saving other soldiers and served Canada with honor.
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Photo of Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman
Joe (Joseph) Bruggeman, right, with fellow crew member, Ben Cunliffe. -
Photo of Crew
Crew from left to right Harold Mawson, Harry Marshall, Ben Cunliffe, Joe Bruggeman, Hank Novak. Photo taken July 1944. -
Photo of JOSEPH ALOYSIUS BRUGGEMAN
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Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
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Photo of JOSEPH ALOYSIUS BRUGGEMAN
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Medals
This is my uncle Joe. He died in service to our country. Even though I never met him, I have pride in my heart for him. -
Photo of JOSEPH ALOYSIUS BRUGGEMAN
This is my uncle Joe. He died in service to our country. Even though I never met him, I have pride in my heart for him. My sister Liz did this one as she is very creative, and also has great esteem for her uncle Joe as well. -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 499 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany
Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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