Asselin, Joseph Robert Royal "Bob"

Date of birth:: May 19th, 1919 (Ottawa/Ontario, Canada)
Date of death:: February 25th, 1945 (Germany)
Buried on:: Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: X. Row: G. Grave: 10.
Nationality:: Canadian

Biography

Captain
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, R.C.I.C.

Asselin arrived in the United Kingdom on June second, 1944. In September, he was promoted to Captain. On September 28, he left for France from the United Kingdom. On November 5, 1944 he was transferred to the Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal regiment.
Captain Joseph Robert Royal Asselin was killed on February 25, 1945 at the age of 25. The senior officers of the Fusiliers Mont-Royal Regiment conducted an official inquiry into his death. The board determined that while on duty at 1:25 pm, Captain Asselin was accidentally killed when a Private was cleaning his Bren gun and the officer was killed instantly.

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