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BELVEAL, Norman Adrian

Date of birth:
May 14th, 1924 (Sointula/British Columbia, Canada)
Date of death:
April 2nd, 1945 (Wehl/Gelderland, Netherlands)
Buried on:
Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: XX. Row: E. Grave: 4.
Service number:
K/50140
Nationality:
Canadian

Biography

Lance Corporal
Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, R.C.A.C.
27th Armd. Regt.

On April 2, 1945, Lance Cpl Norman Belveal was leading a troop of tanks, and as they entered the village of Wehl, the head tank received a direct hit from an enemy shell, killing Norman and two troopers.

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