Kurt Leonhard Broddén

Far: Carl Bernhard Bengtsson Broddén (1859 - 1910)

Mor: Lovisa Christina Bengtsson (1857 - 1940)

In memory of
Private
Kurt Leonard Broddin
June 26, 1920
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Military Service:


Service Number:
2503464
Age:
38
Force:
Army
Unit:
Canadian Railway Troops
Division:
1st Bri.
Additional Information:


Born:
May 17, 1882 Skane, Norway
Enlistment:
March 8, 1918 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Son of Louise Christine Brodden, of Langvinkelsgatan 150, Helsingborg, Sweden, and Carl Bernhard Brodden. Nephew of Mrs. Alma Bover of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was single and a blacksmith by trade. He was discharged on 26 May 1919. He served three months in the Swedish Army.


Burial Information:


Cemetery:
WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY ; Manitoba, Canada
Grave Reference:
Mil. 358.
Location:
The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.