German War Grave Registry for Canada
There are 30 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: OT-Otrpfhr.
Prisoner No.: 523436
DOB: 23.7.88
DOD: 18.12.44
Age: 56
COD: Cardiac syncope
Disinterment: Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec
Notes: Abbreviated rank confusion – possibly a Fähnrich in the Organisation Todt?
Location: R1-15
Rank: Schütze
Prisoner No.: 38976
DOB: 13.4.08
DOD: 9.3.46
Age: 37
COD: Coronary occlusion
Disinterment: Mountain View Cemetery, Lethbridge, Alberta
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Location: R4-12
Rank: Obergefreiter
Prisoner No.: ME10392
DOB: 17.12.19
DOD: 20.6.45
Age: 25
COD: Drowned
Disinterment: St. Andrew’s Cemetery, Port Arthur, Ontario
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Location: R1-10
Rank: Grenadier
Prisoner No.: 517191
DOB: 13.5.25
DOD: 31.1.45
Age: 19
COD: Thyro-toxic cardiac failure
Disinterment: Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
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Location: R3-5
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Location: R5-8
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Location: R4-2
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Location: R5-9
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Prisoner No.: BK-459
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DOD: 6.5.42
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COD: Hemorrhage of the brain
Disinterment: Hermitage Cemetery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
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Location: R1-16
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Location: R5-5
Rank: Oberschütze
Prisoner No.: 23061
DOB: 13.7.21
DOD: 1.11.44
Age: 22
COD: Peritonitis following emergency surgery
Disinterment: Riverside Cemetery, Port Arthur, Ontario
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Location: R2-19
Rank: Obergefreiter
Prisoner No.: ME33007
DOB: 11.2.19
DOD: 18.8.43
Age: 24
COD: Embolism
Disinterment: City of Lethbridge Cemetery, Lethbridge, Alberta
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Location: R4-11
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Prisoner No.: 233
DOB: 15.10.99
DOD: 24.7.45
Age: 45
COD: Carcinoma
Disinterment: Iroquois Falls Public Cemetery, Iroquois Falls, Ontario
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Location: R2-2
Rank: Ingenieur 1 Klasse
Prisoner No.: 14300
DOB: 1.4.07
DOD: 10.1.46
Age: 38
COD: Fractured skull
Disinterment: Riverside Cemetery, Port Arthur, Ontario
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Location: R2-19
Rank: Gefreiter
Prisoner No.: ME25435
DOB: 8.8.20
DOD: 20.6.44
Age: 23
COD: Accidental drowning
Disinterment: Riverside Cemetery, Port Arthur, Ontario
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Location: R1-1
Rank: Gefreiter
Prisoner No.: 517194
DOB: 27.10.09
DOD: 4.5.45
Age: 35
COD: Cancer of the chest
Disinterment: Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
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Location: R3-6
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Prisoner No.: 3308
DOB: 9.6.16
DOD: 16.9.43
Age: 27
COD: Highway accident
Disinterment: Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario
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Location: R2-6
Rank: Feldwebel
Prisoner No.: ME038848
DOB: 11.6.15
DOD: 26.6.46
Age: 31
COD: Hanged (see notes)
Disinterment: Prison Yard, Lethbridge Jail, Lethbridge, Alberta
Notes: Hanged for murder of fellow prisoner of war – all five POWs hung for murder are buried aside one another.
Location: R4-16
Rank: Obergefreiter
Prisoner No.: ME038811
DOB: 12.9.15
DOD: 23.11.45
Age: 30
COD: Fractured skull
Disinterment: Riverside Cemetery, Port Arthur, Ontario
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Location: R1-1
Rank: Gefreiter
Prisoner No.: 19075
DOB: 26.10.16
DOD: 9.8.44
Age: 27
COD: Accidental drowning
Disinterment: Riverside Cemetery, Port Arthur, Ontario
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Location: R2-18
Rank: Kapitän
Prisoner No.: 13532
DOB: 23.1.80
DOD: 3.4.42
Age: 62
COD: Cerebral arterial sclerosis
Disinterment: Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
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Location: R1-8
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DOD: 22.1.19 I.M.
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Location: R5-12
Rank: Obergefreiter
Prisoner No.: 444475
DOB: 24.10.02
DOD: 13.12.45
Age: 43
COD: Cancer
Disinterment: Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
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Location: R3-6
Rank: Grenadier
Prisoner No.: 537631
DOB: 28.10.26
DOD: 5.7.45
Age: 18
COD: Tuberculosis
Disinterment: Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario
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Location: R2-6
Rank: Grenadier
Prisoner No.: 142058
DOB: 12.6.23
DOD: 26.5.45
Age: 21
COD: Perished in bush (see notes)
Disinterment: Lake of the Woods Cemetery, Kenora, Ontario
Notes: Escaped 12.11.44 along with Wolfgang Bergter – body found 24.5.45 – actual date of death some time between those two dates – DOD on headstone is very odd.
Location: R2-4
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Prisoner No.: 3071
DOB: 23.9.02
DOD: 26.3.45
Age: 42
COD: Encephalitis (acute inflammation of the brain)
Disinterment: Iroquois Falls Public Cemetery, Iroquois Falls, Ontario
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Location: R2-2
Rank: Ingenieur 4 Klasse
Prisoner No.: 14480
DOB: 4.3.18
DOD: 21.2.42
Age: 25
COD: Lymphosar coma of the neck
Disinterment: Queen’s Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta
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Location: R4-5
Rank: Kan.
Prisoner No.: ME037551
DOB: 18.8.09
DOD: 23.10.45
Age: 36
COD: Status epilepticus
Disinterment: City of Lethbridge Cemetery, Lethbridge, Alberta
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Location: R4-11
Rank: Stabsgefreiter
Prisoner No.: 966072
DOB: 29.12.17
DOD: 26.2.45
Age: 27
COD: Schizophrenia
Disinterment: Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
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Location: R3-7
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DOD: 18.11.18
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Location: R4-2
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Location: R5-13