0 poppies laid on this site
In memory of:

Private Kurt Leonard Broddin

Military service

Service number: 2503464
Age: 38
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Railway Troops
Division: 1st Bri.
Birth: May 17, 1882 Skane, Norway
Enlistment: March 8, 1918 Manitoba
Death: June 26, 1920 Winnipeg, Manitoba

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Mil. 358.
Additional information
Son of Louise Christine Brodden, of Langvinkelsgatan 150, Helsingborg, Sweden, and Carl Bernhard Brodden. Nephew of Mrs. Alma Bover of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was single and a blacksmith by trade. He was discharged on 26 May 1919. He served three months in the Swedish Army.

WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY Manitoba, Canada

The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.

Did we miss something?

Contribute information to this commemorative page

Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.