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Beeby, Thomas Sydney

Date of birth:
October 9th, 1918 (Chingford/Greater London, England)
Date of death:
January 21st, 1945 ('s-Hertogenbosch/North Brabant, Netherlands)
Buried on:
Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: XVI. Row: C. Grave: 12.
Service number:
B/111374
Nationality:
Canadian

Biography

Private
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

On January 21, 1945, he was attached to the Lake Superior Regiment (Motor).
He died on that date at the age of 26 when he was killed from a shrapnel wound. A mortar bomb exploded near him. According to the regiment’s war diary, the Lake Superior unit was continuously mortared during the day at Fort Crèvecoeur, the Netherlands.

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