German War Grave Registry for Canada
There are 40 names listed on this page in alphabetical order.
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DOB = Date of Birth (day.month.year)
DOD = Date of Death (day.month.year)
COD = Cause of Death
Disinterment = POW’s original burial location
Location = Location of POW’s grave at the Woodland German War Graves Section (see map)
Rank: Obergefreiter
Prisoner No.: 526546
DOB: 14.10.18
DOD: 8.11.44
Age: 26
COD: Pulmonary tuberculosis
Disinterment: Fort Massey Halifax Military Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Notes:
Location: R1-19
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DOD: 14.1.20
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Location: R5-3
Rank: Unteroffizier
Prisoner No.: 19768
DOB: 1.4.06
DOD: 11.9.44
Age: 38
COD: Strangulation – hanging (see notes)
Disinterment: Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
Notes: Lehmann was murdered by fellow prisoners (see POW History).
Location: R3-2
Rank:
Prisoner No.: BP-960
DOB: 12.1.05
DOD: 8.12.41
Age: 36
COD: Pneumonia
Disinterment: Fredericton Cemetery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Notes:
Location: R1-19
Rank: Gefreiter
Prisoner No.: 60715
DOB: 16.9.19
DOD: 20.4.41
Age: 21
COD: GSW (gun shot wound – see notes)
Disinterment: Angler Camp Cemetery, Marathon, Ontario
Notes: Shot while attempting to escape – buried next to fellow escapee (Miethling, Alfred).
Location: R2-15
Rank:
Prisoner No.: 13662
DOB: 22.2.10
DOD: 15.6.45
Age: 35
COD: Hypostatic pneumonia
Disinterment: Iroquois Falls Public Cemetery, Iroquois Falls, Ontario
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Location: R3-18
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Prisoner No.: P-851
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DOD: 18.7.42
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COD: Pulmonary tuberculosis
Disinterment: Roman Catholic Cemetery, Pembroke, Ontario
Notes: Only grave marker in cemetery with one name on it
Location: R5-18
Rank: Schütze
Prisoner No.: ME37246
DOB: 19.12.12
DOD: 22.8.43
Age: 30
COD: Self-inflicted wound – suicide
Disinterment: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec
Notes:
Location: R1-16
Rank: Unteroffizier
Prisoner No.: 833354
DOB: 4.9.17
DOD: 24.11.45
Age: 28
COD: Bacterial endocarditis
Disinterment: Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
Notes:
Location: R3-3
Rank: Gefreiter
Prisoner No.: 60678
DOB: 23.3.21
DOD: 20.4.41
Age: 20
COD: GSW (gun shot wounds – see notes)
Disinterment: Angler Camp Cemetery, Marathon, Ontario
Notes: Shot while attempting to escape – buried next to fellow escapee (Löffelmeier, Herbert).
Location: R2-15
Rank: Oberleutnant
Prisoner No.: 60763
DOB: 27.6.18
DOD: 17.4.46
Age: 27
COD: Suicide by hanging
Disinterment: Wainwright Cemetery, Wainwright, Alberta
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Location: R3-8
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Location: R5-4
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Prisoner No.: 43217
DOB: 15.3.02
DOD: 4.10.40
Age: 38
COD: GSW (gun shot wounds)
Disinterment: Riverside Cemetery, Port Arthur, Ontario
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Location: R2-16
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DOD: 12.7.19
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Location: R5-2
Rank: Oberleutnant
Prisoner No.: 51110
DOB: 13.3.14
DOD: 30.6.41
Age: 27
COD: GSW (gun shot wounds – see notes)
Disinterment: Angler Camp Cemetery, Marathon, Ontario
Notes: Shot in the back of the head while resisting arrest – guards were drunk.
Location: R2-16
Rank: Feldwebel
Prisoner No.: 60865
DOB: 18.2.14
DOD: 18.12.46
Age: 32
COD: Hanged for murder of fellow prisoner of war
Disinterment: Prison Yard, Lethbridge Jail, Lethbridge, Alberta
Notes:
Location: R4-15
Rank: Gefreiter
Prisoner No.: ME043549
DOB: 2.8.20
DOD: 23.4.44
Age: 23
COD: Cerebral lacerations
Disinterment: City of Lethbridge Cemetery, Lethbridge, Alberta
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Location: R4-10
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Prisoner No.: K-749
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DOD: 2.10.42
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COD: Cancer
Disinterment: Queen’s Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta
Notes:
Location: R4-4
Rank: Soldat
Prisoner No.: ME25747
DOB: 5.5.11
DOD: 3.5.44
Age: 32
COD: Suicide by hanging
Disinterment: City of Lethbridge Cemetery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Notes:
Location: R4-10
Rank: Schütze
Prisoner No.: ME047803
DOB: 4.5.11
DOD: 16.3.44
Age: 32
COD: Accident – falling tree
Disinterment: Riverside Cemetery, Dauphin, Manitoba
Notes:
Location: R3-9
Rank: Ingenieur 1 Klasse
Prisoner No.: 14101
DOB: 19.8.00
DOD: 21.1.46
Age: 45
COD: Accidentally killed by falling tree
Disinterment: Rock Mount Cemetery, Iroquois Falls, Ontario
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Location: R3-19
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Prisoner No.: 13407
DOB: 1.1.05
DOD: 23.11.45
Age: 40
COD: Gas gangrene
Disinterment: Iroquois Falls Public Cemetery, Iroquois Falls, Ontario
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Location: R3-19
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DOD: 15.12.17
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Location: R5-6
Rank: Obergefreiter
Prisoner No.: ME037764
DOB: 17.2.16
DOD: 21.6.43
Age: 27
COD: T.B. meningitis
Disinterment: Queen’s Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta
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Location: R4-4
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DOD: 9.11.18
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Location: R5-8
Rank: Stabsgefreiter
Prisoner No.: 260041
DOB: 4.2.15
DOD: 3.7.45
Age: 30
COD: Pulmonary edema with heart failure
Disinterment: Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
Notes:
Location: R3-3
Rank: Oberfeldwebel
Prisoner No.: 18618
DOB: 31.12.11
DOD: 18.12.46
Age: 34
COD: Hanged for murder of fellow prisoner of war
Disinterment: Prison Yard, Lethbridge Jail, Lethbridge, Alberta
Notes:
Location: R4-16
Rank: Soldat
Prisoner No.: ME42024
DOB: 30.1.03
DOD: 22.7.43
Age: 40
COD: Strangulation (see notes)
Disinterment: Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
Notes: Murdered by fellow prisoners of war. Name is spelt “Plaszek” in at least one official Canadian military report.
Location: R3-4
Rank: Obergefreiter
Prisoner No.: 10321
DOB: 25.2.22
DOD: 16.11.45
Age: 23
COD: Suffocation
Disinterment: Riverside Cemetery, Port Arthur, Ontario
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Location: R2-17
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DOD: 31.8.17
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Location: R4-1
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Location: R5-11
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Prisoner No.: 3159
DOB:
DOD: 23.11.41
Age:
COD: Appendectomy
Disinterment: Iroquois Falls Public Cemetery, Iroquois Falls, Ontario
Notes:
Location: R2-1
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Prisoner No.: 1561
DOB: 14.4.24
DOD: 27.8.43
Age: 19
COD: Strangulation – suicide
Disinterment: Queen’s Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta
Notes:
Location: R4-5
Rank: Matrose
Prisoner No.: 1012
DOB: 7.7.89
DOD: 29.9.41
Age: 52
COD: Carcinoma of the stomach
Disinterment: Riverside Cemetery, Port Arthur, Ontario
Notes:
Location: R2-17
Rank: Unteroffizier
Prisoner No.: ME038649
DOB: 19.5.15
DOD: 4.9.44
Age: 29
COD: Suicide
Disinterment: Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
Notes:
Location: R3-4
Rank: Rottenführer
Prisoner No.: 526582
DOB: 3.1.24
DOD: 23.9.45
Age: 21
COD: Pulmonary edema
Disinterment: Riverside Cemetery, Port Arthur, Ontario
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Location: R2-18
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DOD: 1.11.17
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Location: R5-3
Rank: Obergefreiter
Prisoner No.: 1331
DOB: 6.12.20
DOD: 17.6.42
Age: 21
COD: “Accidental” drowning
Disinterment: Iroquois Falls Public Cemetery, Iroquois Falls, Ontario
Notes:
Location: R2-1
Rank: Obergefreiter
Prisoner No.: 260579
DOB: 11.9.11
DOD: 26.10.43
Age: 32
COD: Peridonitis
Disinterment: Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
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Location: R3-5
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DOD: 10.11.16
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Location: R5-4