Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 39 continued ... BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Editor’s note: “Black Friday” - 13 October 1944 became known as Black Friday by the Black Watch of Canada when 51 members of the regiment were killed during an assault near Hoogerheide during the Battle of the Scheldt. Six of the dead were from Nova Scotia (another would die of his wounds the next day) and are noted below. ACKER, GORDON WILLIAM. Gunner. 5 Field Regt./Royal Canadian Artillery. DOD 06 October 1944. Son of Robert and Violet Acker of Windsor; husband of Joan Acker of Southampton, England. KIA during the Battle of the Scheldt. AMBROSE, JOHN MARK. Private. Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. DOD 13 October 1944. Son of John and Theresa of Sydney Mines. KIA “Black Friday.” ANNIS, LAWRENCE HERBERT. Private. Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. DOD 13 October 1944. Son of James Roland and Sophia Gertrude Annis, of Nictaux Falls. KIA “Black Friday.” BAIRD, EDWARD WALTER. Private. Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. DOD 12 October 1944. Son of Charles Hibbert Baird and Barbara Ellen Baird; husband of Mary Muriel Baird, of L'Ardoise, Richmond Co. KIA during the fighting conducted after the crossing of the Scheldt. BAKER, ROBERT EARL. Corporal. Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. DOD 02 October 1944. Son of Earl Howard Baker and Lily Maizie Baker; husband of Madeline Joyce Baker, of Mahone Bay, Lunenburg Co. KIA on the first day of the Battle of the Scheldt as his unit fought towards Walcheren. BEST, RALPH HERBERT. Private. Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. DOD 13 October 1944. Son of Brenton and Rosalie Best, of Kentville, King's Co. KIA “Black Friday.” BOUDREAU, HERBERT ANDREW. Private. Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. DOD 28 October 1944. Son of William and Margaret Boudreau; husband of Sadie M. E. Boudreau, of Ward's Brook, Cumberland Co. DOW - wounded (shrapnel to right arm and thigh, left ankle, fracture of right femur) on 10 October. BREWER, GORDON THOMAS. Private. Essex Scottish Regiment. DOD 25 October 1944. Son of Alonzo and Helen Brewer, of Armdale, Halifax Co. KIA during the Battle of the Scheldt. BROWN, HARRY EDWARD. Sapper. Royal Canadian Engineers. DOD 23 November 1944. Son of John Hugh and Laura May Brown; husband of Hazel Ruby Brown, of Newport Station, Hants Co. KIA near the Waaruijk Railway Station in the Netherlands. BOUTILIER, AUSTIN EPHRAIM. Private. Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. DOD 29 September 1944. Son of Ansil C. and Hanna Boutilier, of Tantallon. KIA during the fighting to cross the Turnhout Canal north-east of Antwerp. BROWN, NORMAN L. Private. Algonquin Regiment. DOD 25 October 1944. Son of Harry and Agnes M. Brown, of Cambridge, Hants Co. KIA during the Battle of the Scheldt. CAPSTICK, ELMER. Private. 9 Field Dressing Station/ Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. Son of Maurice and Emma Capstick of Florence. DOD 31 December 1944. KIA near Turnhout, Belgium. CHISHOLM, EDWARD DOLTON. Private. Algonquin Regiment. DOD 20 October 1944. Son of William J. and Annie Jane Chisholm of Lanark, Antigonish Co. KIA during the Battle of the Scheldt. COOK, DONALDWHITMAN. Private. Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. DOD 13 October 1944. Son of Frank G. and Mildred Belle Cook, of Central Chebogue, Yarmouth Co.; husband of Elizabeth Madeline Cook, of Central Chebogue. KIA “Black Friday.” COOK, WINTON BRUCE. Private. Algonquin Regiment. DOD 03 November 1944. Son of Bruce and Minnie Cook; husband of Marion Cook, of East Chester, Lunenburg Co. KIA in the Breskens Pocket during the Battle of the Scheldt. COMEAU, KENNETH JOSEPH. Corporal. Calgary Highlanders. DOD 09 October 1944. Husband of Verna Christine Comeau of Kentville. DOW (machine gun rounds to right arm, chest and right leg) near Candonckcaerhoef, Belgium, during the Battle of the Scheldt. continued ...
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