In memory of

Lance Corporal

Henry Lutzko

who died on 16 Aug 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Regina Rifles
  Rank Lance Corporal
  Service number L28047
  Date of death 19440816
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L28047 Lance Corporal (Regina Rifles) Henry Lutzko (b.1918) of Goodeve was KIA 19440816 in Operation Tractable during the push to Falaise and is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France. He was the son of John and Pearl Lutzko who came from Ukraine in 1897. Henry attended Robert school and was farming when he enlisted at Regina in 1941. His brother Joseph also served in the Army. The family moved to Ituna late in 1941 and Pearl was Saskatchewan's oldest citizen when she died in 2011 at the age of 112.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 215 - Stanley
  Cemetery or memorial location Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) RM Stanley
Ituna
  Geo-memorial Lutzko Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.8167°N / 104.6833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P15
  Geo-memorial details North of Missinipe.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19181112
  Place of birth Goodeve    
  Date of enlistment 19410516
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Goodeve    
  Occupation farmer
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