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John Julian Gerard Brenna

In memory of:

Private John Julian Gerard Brenna

August 10, 1944
In the field

Military Service


Service Number:

F/2977

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information


Born:

April 18, 1918
New Waterford, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

April 9, 1942
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

Son of Jules Brenna, and of Marie Brenna, of New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 257 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 26.

Location:

The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Id Card– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of JOHN JULIAN GERARD BRENNA– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Circumstances of death– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Other– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Press Clipping
  • Memorial– Bayeux Memorial - August 2012
  • Inscription– Inscription on the Bayeux Memorial - August 2012
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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