Assigned with the 1st Hussars in 1939. Discharged in September the same year.
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps Officer from 1941 to 1943.
Assigned to the regiment on December 9, 1943.
Missing after an afternoon patrol on October 6, 1944. (Area between Bolderweg and Corinaweg, Biervliet Netherlands.) Months later the Lt. body was recovered and temporary buried near the Highland Infantry of Canada landing zone on October 9th, 1944. (Thanks to Robert Catsburg for such great research.)
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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
Yes
Coordinates Temporary Burial
51.34737,3.73114
Credits
Info from War Diary and Service Records: LAC (Library Archive Canada).
Photographs Regimental and Division patch: JM-Militaria.
Photograph headstone: Michael van de Velde.
