Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 197 ROYAL HAMILTON LIGHT INFANTRY COLBURNE, RICHARDALLEN. Corporal. 26/02/1945. Son of Willard and Olive T. Colburne, of Brookfield, Colchester Co. KIA. CROWELL, MAURICE J. Private. 08/03/1945. Son of Irving and Laura Crowell of Clarks Harbour, Shelburne Co; husband of Myrtis Crowell, of Western Shore, Lunenburg Co. KIA. HATCHER, JAMES ARMISTICE. Lance Corporal. 08/03/1945. Son of James Henry and Mildred Hatcher of Milton. KIA. INGLIS, ALBERT THOMAS. Corporal. 08/03/1945. Son of Mrs. Ethel Inglis of Darthmouth. KIA. KOSTEY, JAMES. Private. 08/03/1945. Son of Tim and Mary Kostey, of Caledonia Mines. KIA. MACDONALD, ALLAN. Private. 02/03/1945. Son of Donald A. and Margaret M. Macdonald, of Stewartdale, Inverness Co. DOW – wounded on 20 February. He was awarded the Military Medal posthumously. LINCOLN AND WELLAND REGIMENT HOOPER, JOHN RALPH. Lance Corporal. Lincoln and Welland Regiment. 26/01/1945. Son of Lester and Annabell Hooper of Pictou. DOW. MACKINNON, OWEN JOSEPH. Private. 26/01/1945. Son of Charles and Mary Jane MacKinnon, of Sydney. KIA. HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY OF CANADA MACDONALD, GEORGE OXLEY. Lieutenant. 26/03/1945. Husband of Harriet Macdonald, of NewWaterford. DOW - He was posthumously awarded the Military Cross for his actions on 24 March 1945 near Speldrop, Germany. SEARS, HAROLDMELVIN. Private. 17/02/1945. Son of Joseph and Rhoda Sears, of Halifax. DOW - shrapnel to the abdomen and shock. WITHERALL, BENJAMIN JAMES. Private. 27/12/1944. Son of Harry and Rachel Witherall, of North Sydney. KIA. LORNE SCOTS (PEEL, DUFFERIN AND HALTON REGIMENT) SELDON, WILLIAM OWEN. Private. 19/02/1945. Son of Roland Chivers Seldon and Effie Seldon, of Caledonia, Queen's Co. KIA. STORMONT, DUNDAS AND GLENGARRY HIGHLANDERS MILLS, PERRY ELMORE. Private. 04/03/1945. Son of Ainslie Brenton Mills and Lottie Lenora Mills, of Bramber, Hants Co. KIA. ROSS, MALCOMARTHUR. Private. 06/03/1945. Son of Harry Isaac Ross of Halifax. DOW - wounded on 5 March (shrapnel from a high explosive shell, to right chest, left leg and throat). LE RÉGIMENT DE LA CHAUDIÈRE CORMIER, DELPHIN. Corporal. 26/02/1945. Son of Peter and Marianne Cormier, of Cheticamp. KIA. WEST NOVA SCOTIA REGIMENT BEHIE, FREDERICK HUTCHISON. Corporal. West Nova Scotia Regiment. 02/05/1945. Son of David Anderson Behie and Mabel Rebecca Behie, of Sheet Harbour, Halifax Co. DOA - He was on duty at night and driving a motorcycle when he had a collision with an army truck. Behie died of multiple head injuries. WHITE, HARRY. Private. 19/05/1945. Son of Wilfred and Mary White, of Halifax. DOA - He was thrown from the back of a rations truck that was struck by a civilian vehicle. White died of a fractured skull. continued ... continued ...
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