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Military service
Service number:
304309
Age:
26
Rank:
Driver
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
2nd Bde.
Birth:
January 1, 1890
Death:
June 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. C. 28.
Additional information
Son of Edward and Hannah Rooke; husband of Lilias Rooke, of Partick, Glasgow, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Driver Edward Martin Rooke
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Honour Roll
Canadian Field Artillery 1914-1918 Roll of Honour. Original collection belonging to Fred Snider Hughes, 304493, a native of Toronto, Ontario. Hughes served as a Driver in the 33rd Battery, 9th Brigade, C.F.A. After the war he was a member of the 33rd Battery Association. The names listed on this Honour Roll mainly include men who were at some time during the war connected to the 33rd or 34th Batteries. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of EDWARD MARTIN ROOKE
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Grave marker
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Driver Edward Martin Rooke
Digital gallery of
Driver Edward Martin Rooke
Digital gallery of
Driver Edward Martin Rooke
Digital gallery of
Driver Edward Martin Rooke
Digital gallery of
Driver Edward Martin Rooke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 156 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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