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Tom Chaske

In memory of:

Rifleman Tom Chaske

December 12, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

H/8778

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Winnipeg Rifles

Additional Information

Born:

March 3, 1922
Edwin, Manitoba

Enlistment:

March 18, 1943
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Tom and Nyjookwah Chaske, of Edwin, Manitoba. Husband of Marjorie Chaske.

Commemorated on Page 272 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

I. H. 6.

Location:

Groesbeek is located 10 km south east of the town of Nijmegen and close to the German frontier. The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery is 3 km north of the village and 1500 metres east of the main road to Nijmegen. On leaving the A73 motorway at the junction Overasselt Mook Groesbeek follow directions to Mook. Follow direction signs towards Mook War cemetery. After passing Mook War cemetery continue to the village of Groesbeek to a set of traffic lights. Turn left at the lights onto Dorpstraat passing through Groesbeek. The road name then changes to Molenweg. A Commonwealth War Graves Commission direction sign indicates the right hand turning from Molenweg onto the Zeven Heuvelenweg. The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery is located on the right hand side, about 1 km after entering this road. On the Memorial in the Canadian War Cemetery at Groesbeek are inscribed the following words:
Pro amicis mortui amicis vivimus, We live in the hearts of friends for whom we died.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave marker– Nijmegen, Holland, December 12, 1944 - Rifleman Chaske was assigned to a Pioneer Company, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, under the command of Lieutenant D.C. Mackenzie, sent out to repair a road. Lieutenant Mackenzie ordered ten men into the open compartment of Universal Carrier WD number CZ201179 with a driver (Rifleman E.H. Tricker, a qualified Carrier Driver, Class III), co-driver and himself in the front. The carrier was also towing a 5cwt trailer stacked with picks and shovels. As the carrier made its way across the top of a dyke, the driver lost control and slid down an embankment, turning over, pinning seven soldiers under the overturned vehicle and drowning them. Killed along with H8778 Rifleman T. Chaske were: A104565 Rifleman A.H. Burrough, F65759 Rifleman J.E. Duffy, H40814 Rifleman G. Lennox, H42140 Rifleman W.H. Rutland, H41296 Rifleman J. Delipper and L104439 Rifleman E.H. Tricker.

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    Grave marker – Nijmegen, Holland, December 12, 1944 - Rifleman Chaske was assigned to a Pioneer Company, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, under the command of Lieutenant D.C. Mackenzie, sent out to repair a road. Lieutenant Mackenzie ordered ten men into the open compartment of Universal Carrier WD number CZ201179 with a driver (Rifleman E.H. Tricker, a qualified Carrier Driver, Class III), co-driver and himself in the front. The carrier was also towing a 5cwt trailer stacked with picks and shovels. As the carrier made its way across the top of a dyke, the driver lost control and slid down an embankment, turning over, pinning seven soldiers under the overturned vehicle and drowning them. Killed along with H8778 Rifleman T. Chaske were: A104565 Rifleman A.H. Burrough, F65759 Rifleman J.E. Duffy, H40814 Rifleman G. Lennox, H42140 Rifleman W.H. Rutland, H41296 Rifleman J. Delipper and L104439 Rifleman E.H. Tricker.

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