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Maurice Arthur Trudeau

In memory of:

Lieutenant Maurice Arthur Trudeau

August 12, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

CDN/251

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Welch Regiment

Division:

1st / 5th

Additional Information

Born:

August 28, 1921
Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment:

August 29, 1942
Montreal South, Quebec

Son of Lucien Frederick Trudeau and Vera Irene Trudeau, of Hudson Heights, Province of Quebec. Husband of Beverley Marguerite Trudeau.

Maurice Trudeau was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Welch Regiment as a CANLOAN Officer.

Commemorated on Page 465 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:

XIII. E. 10.

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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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Biography– Louise Trudeau, ATA 001, and Jean-Marc Trudeau ATA 015, Association des Truteau d’Amérique 2014. La Charpente, Vol. VII, no 2, août 2014, Charny. 20 pages.

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    Biography
    Biography – Louise Trudeau, ATA 001, and Jean-Marc Trudeau ATA 015, Association des Truteau d’Amérique 2014. La Charpente, Vol. VII, no 2, août 2014, Charny. 20 pages.

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