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Lieutenant Hugh MacMillan Walker

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Military service

Age: 21
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
Birth: October 14, 1922 Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Enlistment: June 2, 1941 Ontario
Death: June 6, 1944 Normandy, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: VA. B. 2.
Additional information
Son of William and Maisie Walker, of Canora, Saskatchewan.

The government of Saskatchewan honoured Lieutenant Walker by naming Walker Bay, located in western Otter Lake, in his memory.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 470 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France

Ranville is best reached by taking the D513 north-eastwards out of Caen, and after about 9 kilometres turning left at Herouvillette. Go north for one kilometre and then turn left into Ranville village. The War Cemetery is on Rue des Airbornes.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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