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Clark, Fred Watson

Date of birth:
April 27th, 1909 (Stettler/Alberta, Canada)
Date of death:
March 1st, 1945 (Hochwald/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Buried on:
Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: XXI. Row: B. Grave: 4.
Service number:
M/45361
Nationality:
Canadian

Biography

Sergeant
South Alberta Regiment, R.C.A.C.
29th Armd. Reconnaissance Regt.

On 1 March 1945, the German artillery continued without pause and the Regiment lost several more casualties. Sergeant Fred “Beans” Clark of HQ Troop, C Squadron, a prewar member of the Edmonton Fusiliers who had been with the South Albertas since the beginning, was killed when he was caught by shell fragments outside his tank.

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