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Walter Frank Jarka

In memory of:

Staff Sergeant Walter Frank Jarka

October 8, 1947
Montreal, Quebec

Military Service


Service Number:

D/121771

Age:

51

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

Citation(s):

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and War Medal 1939-45.

Additional Information


Born:

November 16, 1895
Novorossisk, Russia

Enlistment:

August 2, 1941
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Frank and Annie Jarka. Brother of Anna and Peter. Husband of Mabel Jarka and father of Rose, Frank and James of Verdun, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 617 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MONTREAL (MOUNT ROYAL) CEMETERY
Quebec, Canada

Grave Reference:

Sec. G.944. Grave 570.

Location:

From downtown Montreal access Avenue du Parc, then left to Cote St. Catherine. Turn left onto Boulevard Mont-Royal then follow chemin de la foret into the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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