Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Douglas George McKenzie
In memory of:
Trooper Douglas George McKenzie
July 25, 1944
Military Service
A/474
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Army
1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.
6th Armd. Regt.
Additional Information
February 20, 1921
Aurora, Ontario
May 15, 1941
Borden, Ontario
Son of Herbert S. and Sara McDonald McKenzie, of Aurora, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 388 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France
II. E. 11.
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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Id card – Trooper Douglas George McKenzie....died July 25th 1944....buried in the Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.........25 years later his service Id card was returned to Canada.....the German that had kept it felt remorseful......Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Telegram – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Circumstances of death – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Attestation paper – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of DOUGLAS GEORGE MCKENZIE – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – Trooper Douglas George McKenzie is also commemorated on the Memorial in Clinton, ON … Second World War names … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Inscription – Trooper Douglas George McKenzie is also commemorated on the Memorial in Clinton, ON … Second World War names … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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