Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 43 continued ... continued ... MacDONALD, ADAM JOSEPH. Private. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's). DOD 29 October 1944. Son of Hector J. and Mary Macdonald of Whitney Pier; husband of Monica Isabel Macdonald, of St. John's, Newfoundland. KIA during the Battle of the Scheldt. MacDONALD, LLOYD. Private. Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. DOD 08 October 1944. Son of William and Ruth MacDonald of Trenton. DOW received near Boterbey Chateau, Belgium. McLELLAND, ANGUS SHANHAN. Gunner. 5 Anti-Tank Regt./ Royal Canadian Artillery. DOD 02 November 1944. Son of William McLelland and of Christy McLelland (nee McNeil), of New Victoria. KIA during the Battle of the Scheldt. McPHERSON, RONALD DENNIS. Private. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's). DOD 04 November 1944. The son of Sergeant and Mrs Harold George McPherson of Amherst; husband of Doris McPherson of Sydney. KIA during the battle for the Lower Maas, Belgium. MELANSON, LEO J. Private. Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. DOD 03 October 1944. Son of Emerious and Bertha Melanson, of Marshall's Town, Digby Co. KIA on the second day of the Battle of the Scheldt as his unit fought towards Walcheren. MERRICK, GEORGE BROADHURST. Private. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's). DOD 28 October 1944. Son of Howard P. and Lillian B. Merrick, of Dartmouth. KIA during the fighting to capture the Walcheren causeway. MURPHY, DONALD WALTER. Private. Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. DOD 13 October 1944. Son of John B. and Helen Murphy, of North Sydney. KIA “Black Friday.” MURPHY, JOHN PATRICK. Private. Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. DOD 14 October 1944. Son of James and Alice Murphy, of Sydney. DOW – wounded on Black Friday, died while a POW REDDEN, JOHNW. Private. Algonquin Regiment. DOD 20 October 1944. John was born in Alton and enlisted in Brookfield; the son of Wallace John and Edith Veronica Redden; husband of Edith Jane Redden, of Blue Water, Ontario. KIA during the Battle of the Scheldt. RILEY, GEORGE W. H. Gunner. 5 Anti-Tank Regt./Loyal Canadian Artillery. DOD 03 November 1944. Son of Fred and Lena Riley, of Newport Station, Hants Co. KIA near Steenbergen during the fight to take Walcheren. SIMMS, CARMEL EDWARD. Private. Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. DOD 13 October 1944. Son of Emanuel and Sarah Simms, of Sydney Mines. KIA during the fighting conducted after the crossing of the Scheldt. SUTHERLAND, DONALD CHARLES. Private. Calgary Highlanders. DOD 22 September 1944. Donald started the war in the Canadian merchant Navy; he was the son of Kathleen Sutherland of Halifax. KIA during the fighting near Wommelgem, Belgium. THORNTON, ARNOLD ERNEST. Private. Calgary Highlanders. DOD 22 September 1944. Son of Edward Arnold Thornton and Doris Maud Thornton; husband of Ann Bernice Thornton, of Yarmouth. KIA during the Battle of the Scheldt. VAN BUSKIRK, DOUGLAS LAURT. Private. Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. DOD 28 October 1944. Son of Fred L. and Florence M. Van Buskirk, of Melvern Square, Annapolis Co. KIA during the advance to capture South Beveland. VIDITO, ROBERT K. Private. Calgary Highlanders. DOD 09 October 1944. Son of William and Beatrice Vidito, of Digby. KIA in the fighting near Kapellen, Belgium. WATERHOUSE, RONALD SIDNEY. Lance Corporal. Lincoln and Welland Regiment. DOD 02 November 1944. Son of Harold Victor and Ellen Elizabeth Waterhouse; husband of Nina Meredith Waterhouse, of Sydney. KIA during the fighting to capture Walcheren. WHALEN, HAROLD IGNATIUS. Private. Lake Superior Regiment (Motor). DOD 27 October 1944. Son of George and Mary Whalen of Melville Cove, Halifax Co. KIA during the fighting for Walcheren.
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