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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

George Willis Rooke

In memory of:

Private George Willis Rooke

September 28, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

2379632

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)

Division:

44th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

August 18, 1895

Commemorated on Page 494 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

II. A. 3.

Location:

Raillencourt is a village in the Department of the Nord, about 5 kilometres west of Cambrai on the main road to Arras, D939. The Communal Cemetery is located on the main road about 700 metres from the entrance to the village from the Arras side.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of George Willis Rooke
  • Memorial– grave in Nairn Cemetery Nairn Ontario

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