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Gordon Cragg Burke

In memory of:

Leading Aircraftman Gordon Cragg Burke

August 18, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/148501

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Son of Wolsely Stewart Burke and Alice Irene Burke, of Toronto.

Commemorated on Page 61 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

TORONTO (MOUNT PLEASANT) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Sec. 32. Lot 224.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Gordon Cragg Burke– Leading Aircraftsman Gordon Cragg Burke born 22-06-21 Former student of Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute (Toronto)

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    Photo of Gordon Cragg Burke – Leading Aircraftsman Gordon Cragg Burke born 22-06-21 Former student of Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute (Toronto)
  • Document– LAC Burke's high school registration card that he filled out on entering Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute when it opened in Sept 1936. He left the school in 1942. Notes on the bottom are those of the office staff on hearing of his death in training.

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    Document – LAC Burke's high school registration card that he filled out on entering Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute when it opened in Sept 1936. He left the school in 1942. Notes on the bottom are those of the office staff on hearing of his death in training.
  • Document– Accident Report into the Burke accident that killed six men in two aircraft. page 1 Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada

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    Document – Accident Report into the Burke accident that killed six men in two aircraft. page 1 Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada
  • Document (Page 2)– Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada

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    Document (Page 2)
    Document (Page 2) – Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada
  • Document– Report on the injury to Burke from the accident Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada

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    Document – Report on the injury to Burke from the accident Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada
  • Death Certificate– Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada

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    Death Certificate
    Death Certificate – Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada
  • Family's Gravemarker– The Burke family marker in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto. Gordon was one of three young men from the same high school to die in RCAF training and be buried in this cemetery. The graves are within sight of each other in sections 31, 32 & 33. Source: R. W. Whitehouse School Archivist(The War Years)

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    Family's Gravemarker
    Family's Gravemarker – The Burke family marker in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto. Gordon was one of three young men from the same high school to die in RCAF training and be buried in this cemetery. The graves are within sight of each other in sections 31, 32 & 33. Source: R. W. Whitehouse School Archivist(The War Years)

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