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Geoffrey Joseph Ogilvie Brichta

In memory of:

Lieutenant Geoffrey Joseph Ogilvie Brichta

March 6, 1917

Military Service

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)

Division:

attd. 16th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps

Additional Information

Son of Philip and Marion Brichta. Husband of A. G. Brichta, of Plumstead, Sutton West, Ontario.

Father of Warrant Officer Class I Philip Sibbald Ogilvie Brichta who died on September 16, 1942 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 207 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. J. 54.

Location:

Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 Page 609 of 906

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 Page 609 of 906
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Newspaper Clipping– In honoured memory.

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    Newspaper Clipping – In honoured memory.

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