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Flight Lieutenant Richard Bruce Van Kleeck

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Military service

Service number: J/21218
Age: 22
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 69 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth: March 5, 1922 Armstrong, British Columbia
Enlistment: August 25, 1941 British Columbia
Death: October 11, 1944 Melsbroek, Belgium

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: X. 24. 8.
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Son of Dr. Peter Douglas and Florence Alice (nee Groves) Van Kleeck, of Armstrong, British Columbia. Brother of Captain John Douglas Van Kleeck, Barbara Alice, Frances Margaret and Winifred Mary Van Kleeck. His two uncles, Corporal John Stiby and Private Richard Ernest Groves both served and lost their lives in the First World War.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 468 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY Belgium

BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY is located in the north east corner of Brussels in the district of Evere.

Follow the E40 Brussels-Luik road in the direction of Brussels and leave at junction 19 signposted Woluwe and Evere. Follow the sign Evere to the right and continue 500 M along the Avenue des Communautes to the first set of traffic lights. Go straight ahead here and down the Avenue Ciceron to turn left around the roundabout at the bottom of the road. The entrance to the BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY is then on your right. Follow the main avenue through the cemetery as far as you can go and the Commission plot is on your left.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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