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Military service
Service number:
D/3831
Age:
22
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
"C" Sqn., 7th Reconnaissance Regt.
Death:
May 11, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. F. 6.
Additional information
Son of James and Helen McKeown, of Outremont, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Bruce Joseph McKeown
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Bruce gave his life for freedom when he was only 22. In remembrance, his eldest brother Bert named his next son Bruce so that he may live on and his sacrifice never be forgotten. -
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Close up of a happy Bruce Joseph McKeown. -
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Bruce Joseph McKeown while in Montreal. -
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July 1st 1922 - May 11th 1945 -
Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Bruce Joseph McKeown
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Bruce Joseph McKeown
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Bruce Joseph McKeown
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Bruce Joseph McKeown
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Bruce Joseph McKeown
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Bruce Joseph McKeown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 543 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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