Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Burnaby)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a cemetery in Burnaby, British Columbia. The burial park was founded in 1936 and the funeral home was established in 1965.

Notable interments

William Aberhart, Premier of Alberta from 1935 to 1943.
Michael James O'Rourke, Irish-born Canadian Victoria Cross recipient.[1]
Lydia Shum, Hong Kong actress who died on February 19, 2008.[2] Shum's parents are also buried close to her grave site.
Charles William Train, British Victoria Cross recipient.
Lui Lok, a corrupt former Hong Kong Police officer.

The cemetery contains the war graves of 37 Commonwealth service personnel of World War II.[3]

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gollark: It would be incredibly slow, but technically not *impossible*.

"Graves of VC Recipients Located in Canada". Knight's Canadian Info Collection. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
Zacharias, Yvonne (2008-02-27). "Entertainer Lydia Shum laid to rest in Metro Vancouver". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2008-03-02. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
CWGC Cemetery Report.

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