In memory of

Trooper

Thomas Philip Birkett

who died on 25 Apr 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit British Columbia Regiment
  Rank Trooper
  Service number L102635
  Date of death 19450425
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L102635 Trooper (British Columbia Regiment) Thomas Philip (Tommy) Birkett (b.1918) of Prince Albert was KIA 19450425 during the liberation of the Netherlands and is buried at Holten Canadian war cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands. He was the son of Charles Birkett, an English Boer War veteran, and Isabell (Lamb), a Scot, who farmed in the Tallman district west of Blaine Lake. Tommy had worked a rental farm at Prince Albert for two years when he enlisted at Regina late in 1942.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 461 - Prince Albert
  Cemetery or memorial location Holten Canadian war cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) Blaine Lake
  Geo-memorial Birkett Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.1333°N / 103.6667°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63M4
  Geo-memorial details Northwest of Deschambault.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19180209
  Place of birth Blaine Lake    
  Date of enlistment 19421104
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Prince Albert    
  Occupation farmer
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