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Chapel Corner Cemetery, Sauchy-Lestree
Youngest son of the late George William
Charles & Margaret (Maggie) Burger (nee Tobin) of
12 Lempriere Street, St Helier, Jersey
Killed in action, aged 29 years
Commemorated on family memorial in Almorah
Cemetery, Trinity Parish Memorial and on memorial in Masonic
Temple to Freemasons
Notice of Death appears
in Jersey Evening Post of Monday 21 October 1918
Commonwealth
War Graves Commission Record
Family grave and memorial at Almorah Cemetery, Jersey
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NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening
Post of Friday 16 June 1916
Jersey Soldier in Hospital. Sergeant F Burger of 1st Canadian
Expeditionary Force is reported wounded and is now in
hospital at Cambridge. This loyal Jersey-Canadian had
been through a number of engagements from Neuve Chapelle
onwards, and in the last battle was gassed. We trust he
will soon be about again.
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening
Post of Monday 21 October 1918
Roll of Honour. A promising career has been brought to
an early close in the death which took place during the
fighting in France on 14 October of Lieutenant Fred Burger
of the Canadians. The deceased gallant officer was the
younger son of the late Mr Burger of the Bouley Bay Hotel
and Mrs Burger of 12 Lempriere Street. He was in Canada
at the outbreak of hostilities and joined up on 14 August,
he arrived in France early in 1915 and was gassed when
the Germans first introduced this form of warfare, being
later recommended for a commission and gazetted in the
1st Canadians. The late officer was in his 29th year and
was an extremely popular and efficient soldier. We tender
the bereaved family our heartfelt condolences.
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