In memory of

Gunner

Peter Paul Bakalar

who died on 10 Aug 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Royal Canadian Artillery
  Rank Gunner
  Service number H63828
  Date of death 19440810
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  H63828 Gunner (5 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery) Peter Paul Bakalar (b.1922) of Melville was KIA 19440810 in Operation Totalize during the push to Falaise and is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France. He was the son of Sam and Julia Bakalar. Peter was working as a bushman/logger when he enlisted at Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay district, Ontario, in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 214 - Cana
  Cemetery or memorial location Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Melville
  Geo-memorial Bakalar Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.5667°N / 102.9167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64M10
  Geo-memorial details Northwest of Phelps Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19220712
  Place of birth Melville    
  Date of enlistment 19410729
  Place of enlistment Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay district, Ontario    
  Residence on enlistment Melville    
  Occupation logger
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