Assigned to the regiment on August 12, 1943.
Among the first to land in France with the 4th Canadian Armoured Division.
Tank Ferdinand was hit by a German Panzer Faust and set the metal machine on fire.
Wounded and died of wounds on October 8, 1944.
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Medals
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Service Volunteer Medal (with Clasp), 1939-45 War Medal
Adopted Grave
Unknown
Temporary Burial
Coordinates Temporary Burial
51.22053,3.44792
Photos
Credits
Photographs portrait, tank and temporary burial: Eeklo Archive, Belgium.
Info from War Diary and Service Records: LAC (Library Archive Canada).
Photographs Regimental and Division patch: JM-Militaria.
Photograph headstone: Michael van de Velde.
