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Frank Joel Clark

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Frank Joel Clark

June 13, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/4924

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

421 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Frank Allen Clark and of Florence May Clark (nee Herbert); husband of June Clark (nee Hart), of Brampton, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 274 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

XXIV. C. 5.

Location:

This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Frank Joel Clark– Flight Lieutenant Frank Joel Clark of Montreal, Quebec. Age 23(DND Photo Number PL 29567)

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    Photo of Frank Joel Clark – Flight Lieutenant Frank Joel Clark of Montreal, Quebec. Age 23(DND Photo Number PL 29567)
  • Gravemarker– Grave marker of Flight Lieutenant F.J. Clark, 421 Sqn. R.C.A.F. Photo used with permission from the Louis Lanfranchie collection.

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    Gravemarker – Grave marker of Flight Lieutenant F.J. Clark, 421 Sqn. R.C.A.F. Photo used with permission from the Louis Lanfranchie collection.
  • Main Gate– Main Gate at Bretteville-sur-Laize Cemetery, Normandy, France. Photo used with permission from the Louis Lanfranchie collection.

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    Main Gate – Main Gate at Bretteville-sur-Laize Cemetery, Normandy, France. Photo used with permission from the Louis Lanfranchie collection.
  • Cemetery– Bretteville-sur-Laize Cemetery, Normandy, France. Photo used with permission from the Louis Lanfranchie collection.

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    Cemetery – Bretteville-sur-Laize Cemetery, Normandy, France. Photo used with permission from the Louis Lanfranchie collection.
  • Photo of Frank Clark– In memory of the students of West Hill High School, Montreal Quebec. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Frank Clark – In memory of the students of West Hill High School, Montreal Quebec. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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