In memory of

Trooper

James Charlie Carragher

who died on 21 Aug 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit South Alberta Regiment
  Rank Trooper
  Service number L36349
  Date of death 19440821
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L36349 Trooper (South Alberta Regiment) James Charlie Carragher (b.1917) of Sturgis was KIA 19440821 by a sniper during operations to close the Falaise Gap and is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France. He was the son of John Charles and Maud Rose (Robinson) Carragher who originally homesteaded SW18-34-5-W2 south of Preeceville before moving to a farm southeast of Endeavour where James attended Brookview school and worked as a labourer. His family moved to The Pas, Manitoba, at about the same time he enlisted in the 16/22 Saskatchewan Horse at Dundurn Camp in 1940.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 334 - Preeceville
  Cemetery or memorial location Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Preeceville
  Geo-memorial Carragher Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.0089°N / 106.8067°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73O2
  Geo-memorial details North of Smoothstone Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19170915
  Place of birth Sturgis    
  Date of enlistment 19400808
  Place of enlistment Camp Dundurn    
  Residence on enlistment Sturgis    
  Occupation labourer
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