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Leonard Joseph Burke

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Leonard Joseph Burke

November 23, 1941

Military Service

Service Number:

R/72504

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

602 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

April 26, 1918
Alma, Prince Edward Island

Enlistment:

August 22, 1940
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Son of Peter and Gertrude Burke, of Tignish, Prince Edward Island.

Commemorated on Page 25 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

WHYTELEAFE (ST. LUKE) CHURCHYARD
Surrey, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Row I. Grave 33.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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