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Pte. George William Burke
British Army 5th Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment
from:Wimborne Minster
(d.10th July 1944)
George Burke served with the 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment in WW2. He was involved in Operation Jupiter in the heavy fighting to take Hill 112. He was acting as a dispatch rider at the time of his death on 10th of July 1944 and was most likely killed by artillery.