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Sapper DAVID FOOKES

Service Number: L/56659
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Engineers

9 Field Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

38. H. 2.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John Jacob and Catherine Fookes, of Rhein, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription ANGELS GUARD HIM WHILE HE SLEEPS SAFE IN JESU'S ARMS. EVER REMEMBERED BY SISTERS & BROTHERS IN CANADA
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Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 7049
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