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Lawrence Whiteduck

In memory of:

Gunner Lawrence Whiteduck

August 8, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

B/40240

Age:

37

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Artillery

Division:

4 Medium Regt.

Additional Information


Born:

May 22, 1907
Bonfield, Ontario

Enlistment:

March 17, 1942
North Bay, Ontario

Husband of Beatrice Whiteduck of North Bay, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 476 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

XVI. A. 8.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of LAWRENCE WHITEDUCK– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in France
  • Newspaper clipping– From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– A wooden wall, black marble plaque and metal flagpole at the corner of Ted Commanda Drive and Semo Road, Garden Village, ON was erected by members of the Nipissing First Nation. This memorial is dedicated to the band's war dead and veterans of the First and Second World Wars.

[plaque/plaque]
NIPISSING NATION REMEMBERS 
KILLED IN ACTION

COMMANDA, MICHAEL JAMES, WWII
GOULAIS, MICHAEL CLARENCE, DIED AT DIEPPE AUG 19, 1942
OBTAGESIC, GERALD, DIED APRIL 19, 1942
STEVENS, A., WWII
WHITEDUCK, L.K., WWII

http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2331

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