Roscoe Donald Brubaker (1925 - 1945)

Born 13 Sep 1925 in Hanover, Grey, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 8 Mar 1945 at age 19 in Netherlands

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Biography

Roscoe Brubaker was born in Hanover in 1925. He was the son of Eli Brubaker and Elsie Kobe. He moved to Detroit with his parents in 1926. They returned to Canada in the 1930s.

He was a mould finisher with Dominion Tire, Kitchener when he enlisted in the Canadian Army at London, Ontario on January 4, 1944. Next of Kin Mrs. Elsie Brubaker, mother, Hanover, Ontario.^[1]

Private Roscoe Brubaker Service Number: A/109212 served with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C. He died liberating The Netherlands on 8 March 1945 age 19. Buried or commemorated at GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, III. F. 13. Netherlands, Personal Inscription THERE IS A LINK DEATH CANNOT SEVER, LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE LAST FOR EVER^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ Enlistment Papers
2. ↑ Commonwealth War Graves Commission
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #12903172

• 1930 census 5059 Bewick Ave Detroit (Districts 0751-0879), Wayne, Michigan, United States Sheet B19 with parents Eli Brubaker Married 8 years Trimmer Auto Body and Wife Elsie Brubaker; Roscoe Brubaker Son Male age 4 Canada parents Canada Immigration 1926

• BURIAL Private Roscoe Donald Brubaker BIRTH 13 Sep 1925 Kitchener, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada DEATH 8 Mar 1945 (aged 19) Xanten, Kreis Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany buried Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery and Memorial, Groesbeek, Bergen Dal Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands PLOT III. F. 13. MEMORIAL ID 12903172 ·