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Corporal Murray Hector Robert Chisamore

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Military service

Service number: B/146464
Age: 20
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth: July 16, 1924 Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment: May 7, 1943 Ontario
Death: April 7, 1945 Netherlands

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: II. B. 13.
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Son of Murray John Chisamore and Ida Rhea Wilke, of Fort William, Ontario.

Cousin of Pilot Officer Joseph Alexander Chisamore, service No. J-93829, of No. 426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, killed on return from a raid on Wanne-Eickel, Germany, on February 3, 1945, when his Halifax Bomber crashed in Richborough, Kent, England.

Murray served in Canada, Britain, France and the Netherlands. He had 702 days of service, 286 of which were overseas.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 503 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.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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