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He enlisted to the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. On 12 October 1944 in Avellino, Italy, he claimed to have been assaulted in the street, knocked unconscious and robbed, a claim that was denied by a commission of enquiry. From the 39th Company, 8th Battalion, Combat Brigade Refresher Course, he was transferred to the Royal 22e Régiment on 28 March 1945. He joined his new unit on 6 April 1945, fighting on the banks of the Lissel River south of Apeldoorn, Netherlands. He was killed in action on 15 April 1945 during the Battle of Yssel. He was buried in the regimental temporary cemetery at Deventer, Overijssel, grave number R2.G.10. After the war, he was exhumed and reburied in Holten Cemetery, the Netherlands.
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In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 497 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Netherlands
Holten is a village 20 kilometres east of the town of Deventer, on the main A1 motorway from Amsterdam to Bremen in Germany. Following the A1 motorway, turn off at exit 26 and follow the N332 in the direction of Holten. Follow the N332 until reaching a signpost for Holterberg. Turn right onto the N344 in the direction of Holten, then at the T junction turn left towards Holten and follow this road to the roundabout. Take second exit then turn first right towards Holterberg. Follow this road uphill until you see a green Commission sign pointing to the right. Turn right down the track and follow to the end. Turn left and the cemetery lies along here on the left hand side.
Historical Information: The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. The great majority of those buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery died during the last stages of the war in Holland, during the advance of the Canadian 2nd Corps into northern Germany, and across the Ems in April and the first days of May 1945. After the end of hostilities the remains of over 1,300 Canadian soldiers were brought together into this cemetery.
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