Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 45 continued ... YATES, JAMESWILLIAM. Signalman. Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. DOD 17 December 1944. James was born in Glace Bay and enlisted in Sydney ; he was the son of James and Annie Yates, of Highland Park, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. DOW near Vredehof-Tillburg the Netherlands. In 1948 he was posthumously awarded the Belgian Croix-de-Guerre 1940 avec Palme. BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY AWAD, CHARLES MOHAMED SLYMAN. Flight Lieutenant (Navigator). Royal CanadianAirforce/429 Squadron (RCAF). DOD 27 April 1943. Son of Mohamed and Mary Awad of Truro. KIAwhen his Wellington bomber was shot down, off the coast of Holland. HETEREN GENERAL CEMETERY CORMIER, SIMON PIERRE. Flight Sergeant (Navigator). Royal Canadian Air Force/ 570 Squadron RAF. DOD 23 September 1944. Son of Thomas and Helene Cormier of Petit Etang. KIA - Short Stirling IV LJ991 E7-W crashed-landed during a re-supply operation in support of Operation Market-Garden. Five of the eight crew members were killed. HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY ANTHONY, EDMOND McLELLAN. Private. Algonquin Regiment. DOD 24 April 1945. Son of Robert Putman Anthony and Margaret E. Anthony, of North Noel Road. DOW of wounds received near the Kusten Canal. ARMSTRONG, HOWARDWOODLOW. Trooper. Fort Garry Horse. DOD 05 September 1945. Son of Wallace George and Mary Muriel Armstrong, of Chester, Lunenburg Co. DOA – drowned while on leave in Amsterdam. BAKER, HARRIS LAWSON. Private. Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. DOD 08 May 1945. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Baker of Lower West Jeddore; husband of Gladys Elsie Baker, of Haywards Heath, Sussex, England. DOW from shrapnel wounds. BEATON, DOUGLAS ANGUS. Private. Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders. DOD 04 April 1945. Son of Angus and Sara Beaton, of West Bay Road, Richmond Co. KIA near Steenderen, the Netherlands. BELLEFONTAINE, LAWRENCE FREDERICK. Guardsman. Governor General's Foot Guards. DOD 10 April 1945. Son of Celestin and Mary Alice Bellefontaine, of West Chezzetcook, Halifax Co. KIA. BICKLE, FREDERICK. Corporal. North Nova Scotia Highlanders. DOD 04 April 1945. Son of Richard and Eliza Bickle; husband of Juanita L. Bickle, of Collingwood, Cumberland Co. KIA near Warnsveld Village, the Netherlands. BOND, CARL RUFUS. Private. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's). DOD 19 April 1945. Son of Harry and Muriel Bond, of Upper Rawdon, Hants Co. KIA near Friesoythe, Germany, during the push to Oldenburg. BOUDREAU, RICHARD JOSEPH. Private. Cape Breton Highlanders. DOD 23 April 1945. Son of Charles Albini Boudreau and Mary Louise Boudreau, of Poulamon, Richmond Co. DOA – accidental discharge of a pistol. BOYD, ALEXANDER HUGH. Private. Algonquin Regiment. DOD 17 April 1945. Son of Alexander H. and Catherine A. Boyd, of Glendale, Inverness Co. KIA. BROWN, ERNEST MACPHERSON. Private. Cape Breton Highlanders. DOD 01 May 1945. Son of George William and Alice Mae MacPherson Brown, of Springhill, Nova Scotia; husband of Edith Mae Brown, of Springhill. KIA during the capture of the bunkers of Battery Delfzijl, Netherlands. BROWN, MICHAEL PETER. Corporal. Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. DOD 05 April 1945. Son of Peter and Cecelia Brown of Bay St Lawrence, Victoria Co. ; husband of Lilian May Brown of Hants, England. KIA. BROWN, WILLIAM EBEN. Guardsman. Canadian Grenadier Guards. DOD 23 April 1945. Son of Henry and Emily Brown, of Upper Musquodoboit, Halifax Co. KIA during the fighting to captured Bad Zwischenahn, Germany. BUCHANAN, GEORGEALLAN. Gunner. 23 Field Regt / Royal Canadian Artillery. DOD 10 April 1945. Husband of Nancy Buchanan, of Windsor, Hants Co. DOW - died in in 6th Field Canadian Dressing Station of penetrating wounds. continued ...
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