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Private JAMES BURKE

Service Number: 14373877
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

2. B. 19.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Rose Burke, of 41, Poplar Avenue, Thrybergh, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Husband of Ada Burke, of 45, Norfolk Street, Rotherham, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND FATHER, SON & BROTHER SACRIFICED HIS LIFE FOR OUR FREEDOM
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