Date of birth:

February 16th, 1916 (Montreal/Quebec, Canada)

Date of death:

November 26th, 1944 (Nijmegen/Gelderland, Netherlands)

Buried on:

Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: II. Row: F. Grave: 15.

Service number:

D/129387

Nationality:

Canadian

Craftsman
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

On Sunday November 26, 1944 a bomb or grenade fell on the corner of Johannaweg and Kwakkenbergweg in Nijmegen. This happened while Canadian men were lining up for a church service in Nijmegen.
The projectile damaged a house in the vicinity and caused all windows of the battalion’s headquarters and other buildings to break. Two soldiers were killed and fifteen got wounded. Unfortunately, there were also Dutch victims. Two little girls died and a number of civilians got wounded.
Later that day another two Canadian soldiers died of their injuries: Sergeant Lyle Laverne Boice, and Francis Kenneth Black. Francis died at the age of 28.

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