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Military service
Age:
35
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 19, 1907
Westmount, Québec
Enlistment:
November 22, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
July 2, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
40. I. 3.
Additional information
Son of Robert and Anna Leathem Ewing Starke, of Westmount, Montreal, Quebec. Husband of Mary Maud Starke.
Brother of Lieutenant George Ewing Starke who died on September 8, 1944, while serving with the Cape Breton Highlanders.
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Photo of Robert Andrew Starke
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Photo of Robert Andrew Starke
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Major Robert Andrew Starke
Digital gallery of
Major Robert Andrew Starke
Digital gallery of
Major Robert Andrew Starke
Digital gallery of
Major Robert Andrew Starke
Digital gallery of
Major Robert Andrew Starke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 216 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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