Military service
Burial/memorial information
He was accidentally killed on 9 June 1943, at around 1:30pm, by a burst from a Bren machine gun during live firing practice at Callender, Perthshire, Scotland. The machine gun is said to have slipped from its position while being fired.
Defense Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian volunteer service Medal with bar
Digital gallery of Private Octave Bérubé
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Octave Bérubé
Digital gallery of
Private Octave Bérubé
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 136 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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