During an attack at 0300 hrs, October 9, 1944, Rifleman Gunter was wounded in the leg, he and the other two men were in slit trenches bandaging themselves. They were pinned down by enemy fire. Rifleman Gunter had been slightly wounded in the leg and was able to bandage himself. An enemy mortar bomb landed and exploded in the slit trench occupied by Rifleman Gunter and he was never seen again. December 18, 1944, Rifleman W.H.O. Neitzel L/28174.
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Medals
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Canadian Service Volunteer Medal (with Clasp), 1939-45 War Medal
Adopted Grave
Unknown
Credits
Portrait: Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
Photograph 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.
