Landed on D-Day with the Regina Rifle Regiment.
Wounded on D-Day says a newspaper clipping but no proof in the service records. It could be July 17, 1944 instead (Battle for Cean, France). Evacuated to England.
Back to France on September 30, 1944.
1 Older brother in the army. Sapper or Private Aubrey. Wounded seriously in the Lowlands but not fatal.
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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
Temporary Burial
Coordinates Temporary Burial
Maldegem, Belgium
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.
