Abraham, Maurice Clyde

Date of birth:: February 20th, 1920 (Kingston, Jamaica)
Date of death:: April 17th, 1945 (Netherlands)
Buried on:: Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: VII. Row: A. Grave: 2.
Service number:: D/131222
Nationality:: Canadian

Biography

Lance Corporal
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
2nd Armd. Regt.

April 17, 1945 was a clear, sunny day and again a day on which heavy fighting was taking place, which resulted in the death of ten soldiers. With their M4 Sherman Tanks, which could hold five men, they were on their way from Otterlo to Apeldoorn. Lieutenant Brunet was their Commander, Maurice was a Gunner, and on board there were also a Loader, a Driver and an Assistant Driver/Gunner.
Lance Corporal Maurice Clyde Abraham was one of the men who lost his life that day. He died on the spot and was twenty-five years old.

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