Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 47 continued ... BUCHANAN, KENNETH PURDY. Private. North Nova Scotia Highlanders. DOD 06 May 1945. Son of Phillip and Susan Buchanan of Truro; husband of Barbara Gwendoline Buchanan, of Steyning, Sussex, England. KIA. BURKE, ABRAHAM BERNARD. Private. Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. DOD 26 April 1945. Son of Freeman and Margaret Burke, of Cannes, Richmond Co. KIA – while serving with 86 Bridging Company. CAVANAGH, PETER ALLISTER. Private. North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment. DOD 06 April 1945. Son of James William and Isabella Jane Cavanagh, of Barney's River, Pictou Co. KIA during the attacks on the Zutphen canals in Germany. CARR, WILLIAM BORDEN. Trooper. South Alberta Regiment. DOD 16 April 1945. Son of Charles and Phoebe Carr, of Windsor Junction, Halifax Co. KIA during the final attack on Apeldoorn. CLARK, LORIMER GEORGE. Sapper. Royal Canadian Engineers. DOD 28 April 1945. Son of Charles and Emma Clark; brother of Dorothy Hupman of Summerville, Queens Co. KIA during the Ems River crossing. COLFORD, LORNE MART. Private. Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. 14 April 1945. Son of Howard and Jeanette Colford, of Dartmouth. KIA during the liberation of the town of Groningen, Netherlands. COMEAU, JOSEPH AMBROISE. Private. North Nova Scotia Highlanders. DOD 28 April 1945. Son of John Comeau of Lower Saulnierville, Digby Co. KIA in the fighting around Leer, Germany. COMEAU, JOSEPH DENIS. Private. Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. DOD 09 April 1945. Son of Elisee and Lucie Comeau, of St. Bernard, Digby Co. KIA near Haarle, the Netherlands. CREELMAN, JAMES IVERSON. Private. North Nova Scotia Highlanders. DOD 18 April 1945. Son of Samuel F. and Margaret P. Creelman, of Woodside, Halifax Co. DOW – he was wounded on 15 April near Lochem, the Netherlands / gunshot wounds which lead to dangerous meningitis. CROOK, FRANKLIN JOSEPH. Private. West Nova Scotia Regiment. DOD 14 April 1945. Son of Seymour and Catherine Crook, of Thorburn, Pictou Co.; husband of Mary Crook, of Thorburn. KIAnear a crossroads outside of Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. CROSS, RICHARD EARL. Lance Corporal. 28 Company/ Canadian Forestry Corps. DOD 27 October 1945. Son of Otto B. and Estelle Cross, of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. DOA - vehicle accident. CUNNINGHAM, BELTON La FORREST. Lance Corporal. North Nova Scotia Highlanders. DOD 04 April 1945. Son of Norman and Mercy Cunningham, of The Hawk, Shelburne Co. DOW. DASH, KARLEVANS. Sapper. Royal Canadian Engineers. DOD 08 July 1945. Son of Walter Evans Dash and Georgie Aileen Dash, of Port Clyde, Shelburne Co. DOA - he was riding a motorcycle and struck a vehicle at 0145hrs. EARLE, THOMAS IRVINE. Private. North Nova Scotia Highlanders. DOD 08 April 1945. Son of Thomas L. and Margaret J. Earle, of Sydney. KIA in the fighting during the advance near Dorterhoek, Netherlands. FARROW, DOUGLAS BERNARD. Corporal. Algonquin Regiment. DOD 26 April 1945. Brother of Ada Fisher of Amherst. KIA during the clearing of the Delfzijl Pocket in the Netherlands. FIFE, DONALDMAYFORD. Sergeant. Canadian Provost Corps. DOD 07April 1945. Son of Percy and Laura Fife, of Halfway River, Cumberland Co. KIA. FOUGERE, JOSEPH GERALD. Private. Perth Regiment. DOD 26 April 1945. Son of Felix and Josie Fougere, of Poulamon, Richmond Co. DOW in the Netherlands (Delfzijl Pocket). GRANT, WILLIAM HOWARD. Private. Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. DOD 13 April 1945. Son of Edward Blake Grant and Mary Regina Grant; husband of Doris Pauline Grant, of Yarmouth North. KIAduring the liberation of the town of Groningen, Netherlands. HARVEY, ROBERT CECIL. Trooper. British Columbia Regiment. DOD 22 April 1945. Son of Douglas and Myrtle B. Harvey, of Centre Burlington, Hants Co. KIA during the fighting to captured Bad Zwischenahn, Germany. continued ...
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