Date of birth:

July 1st, 1923 (Rose Blanche/Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)

Date of death:

March 27th, 1945 (Germany)

Buried on:

Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: XI. Row: B. Grave: 3.

Service number:

F/97479

Nationality:

Canadian

Lance Corporal
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, R.C.I.C.

James was given a field promotion to Lance Corporal 23 February and the Royal Winnipeg Rifles performed training exercises in the ruins of the German city of Cleve while the next phase of the Rhine offensive Operation BLOCKBUSTER got underway. The Royal Winnipeg Rifles were advancing the next month when James was seriously injured from a mine explosion 24 March 1944. A telegram was sent to his wife informing her of his wound.
James’s left lower leg had to be amputated at a field hospital and he
seemed to be stable following the operation.
Sadly, he died three days later, 27 March, from a suspected brain embolism (blood clot), aged 20 years old.

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