THE SEAFORTH HIGHL&ERS OF CANADA MEN KILLED IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF ORTONA, 18 29 DECEMBER, 1943 SURNAME FORENAME AGE

E DATE OF DEATH RANK SERVICE NO. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & DETAILS

NORDLING BAERG

GUSTAV GEORGE

UK 19

20/12/1943 20/12/1943

PRIVATE PRIVATE (A/LCPL) LANCE CORPORAL (A/CPL) CORPORAL

'K/65213' 'K/48612'

DOHERTY

JAMES

35

20/12/1943

'K/53042'

GUNTER

ERNEST ELMO

28

20/12/1943

'K/38669'

MOTTL

JOE

27

20/12/1943

SERGEANT

'K/42023'

NORTHEY ROBINSON

LLOYD H. ARTHUR LESLIE

30 31

20/12/1943 20/12/1943

PRIVATE LIEUTENANT

'M/65310' NO SERVICE NO.

WELLS YATES BEADS

JOSEPH JOHN NORMAN JAMES LAWRENCE

31 27 25

20/12/1943 22/12/1943 23/12/1943

PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE

'L/27826' 'K/53215' 'K/37071'

JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 22/04/1943 SON OF JACOB & MARIA BAERG, OF COUNTY LINE, BC. DIED OF WOUNDS SUSTAINED. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 22/07/1943 SON OF JOHN DOHERTY, & OF ALICE DOHERTY, OF MOOSE JAW, SASKATCHEWAN. D COY, DIED IN BAYONET CHARGE WITH 15 PLATOON JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 11/05/1940 SON OF WILEY & SALLIE GUNTER, OF HAMMON, OKLAHOMA, U.S.A.; HUSB& OF JEANETTE GUNTER, OF HAMMON. PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 22/07/1943. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 28/08/1942 SON OF JOE & FRANCES MOTTL, OF BLAIRMORE, ALBERTA. PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 27/07/1943 D COY, 14 PLATOON. DIED IN ATTACK ON SANTA MARIA CHURCH JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 2/12/1939 SON OF RICHARD & CHARLOTTE NORTHEY, OF BASHAW, ALBERTA JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 12/12/1943 SON OF RICHARD PHILIP & DOROTHY F. ROBINSON; HUSB& OF NATALIE OLIVE ROBINSON, KAMLOOPS, BC. D COY, DIED IN BAYONET CHARGE WITH 15 PLATOON PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 26/07/1943. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 17/10/1943. SON OF ALEX & ELENORE WELLS, OF PONOKA, ALBERTA JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 17/10/1943 SON OF ALBERT & LOUISE YATES, OF VANCOUVER, BC JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 25/04/1941 PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 19/07/1943. DIED OF WOUNDS AT ORTONA

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THE SEAFORTH HIGHL&ERS OF CANADA MEN KILLED IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF ORTONA, 18 29 DECEMBER, 1943 SURNAME FORENAME AGE DATE OF DEATH RANK SERVICE NO. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & DETAILS

DAHL MCPARLON, MM

WILLIAM EARL GEORGE LYNN

UK 31

23/12/1943 23/12/1943

PRIVATE LANCE CORPORAL

'L/86626' 'K98595'

JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 1/12/1939 JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 1/09/1943

SQUIRE DRAKE

JAMES H. J. IVOR

UK UK

23/12/1943 24/12/1943

PRIVATE CORPORAL

MADDEN

MELVILLE EDGAR THOMAS CULLEN BROWN

24

24/12/1943

PRIVATE

VANCE

30

24/12/1943

MAJOR

WILLIAMS

GEORGE KING 25

24/12/1943

LANCE CORPORAL PRIVATE CORPORAL

BJERKE BUCHANAN

HENRY SIDNEY LEONARD ROBERT

25 36

25/12/1943 25/12/1943

GILMORE Page 2 of 4

UK

25/12/1943

PRIVATE

SON OF GEORGE ERNEST & IDA ELIZABETH MCPARLON, OF WEST GR& FORKS, BC PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 5/08/1943. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 20/11/1942 'K/29058' JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 11/05/1940 'K/52680' PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 26/07/1943. DIED OF WOUNDS AT ORTONA JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 22/09/1939 'M/102381' SON OF CLARENCE R. & NORMA A. MADDEN, OF LACOMBE, ALBERTA JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 1/09/1943 NO SON OF JOHN FLEMING CULLEN BROWN VANCE & ETHEL JANE SERVICE VANCE, OF VANCOUVER, BC; NO. HUSB& OF PATRICIA KATHLEEN VANCE, OF CALGARY, ALBERTA. KILLED BY A SNIPER WHILE DIRECTING TANK FIRE PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN ITALY ON 6/12/1943. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 21/11/1941 'A/23052' SON OF JAMES THOMPSON WILLIAMS & LILLIAN KING WILLIAMS, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, U.S.A. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 30/04/1943 'M/33969' SON OF ALBERT & OLIVIA BJERKE, OF WADENA, SASKATCHEWAN JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 25/07/1943 'K/53099' SON OF DAVID & ELLEN BUCHANAN; HUSB& OF ALEX&RA BUCHANAN, OF VANCOUVER, BC JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 12/12/1940 'K/52156' PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN ITALY ON 7/10/1943.

THE SEAFORTH HIGHL&ERS OF CANADA MEN KILLED IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF ORTONA, 18 29 DECEMBER, 1943 SURNAME FORENAME AGE DATE OF DEATH RANK SERVICE NO. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & DETAILS

LE BEAU MCARDLE SELLERS

GERRIE RALPH G.

UK

25/12/1943 25/12/1943 25/12/1943

PRIVATE PRIVATE CORPORAL

PATRICK UK CHRISTOPHER ERIC FORBES 25

BEATON BERRY CARSELL

ALEX JOE EDWIN DALLAS ALEX&RA HILL BRIAN ELLIS GEORGE &REW WILLIAM MARCEL EDD

28 23 24

26/12/1943 26/12/1943 26/12/1943

PRIVATE PRIVATE CORPORAL

FITZGERALD GOOD LAING L&RY

24 28 UK 22

26/12/1943 26/12/1943 26/12/1943 26/12/1943

CORPORAL PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE

LEEDAM

CHARLES L.

31

26/12/1943

SERGEANT

MACLEOD

JOHN HARPER

19

26/12/1943

PRIVATE

JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 12/09/1939 'K/53193' PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 31/07/1943. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 2/05/1941 'K/67764' CAPTURED ON 24/12/1943 & DIED WHILST A POW ON XMAS JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 22/01/1943 'K/52266' SON OF GEORGE SELLERS & MARY SELLERS, VANCOUVER, BC PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 28/07/1943. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 14/09/1939 'E/30649' SON OF JOHN A. & ANN BEATON, OF INVERNESS, NOVA SCOTIA. JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 25/12/1942 'K/42128' SON OF JOHN K. & HELLEN BERRY JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 22/12/1943 'K/53075' SON OF QUINTIN & MARY CARSELL; HUSB& OF CATHERINE CARSELL. DIED OF WOUNDS JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 22/O5/1940 'K/73854' SON OF JAMES & FLORENCE FITZGERALD, OF PICARDVILLE, ALBERTA JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 17/11/1943 'K/45872' SON OF GEORGE E. & ISABELLA GOOD, OF CHILLIWACK, BC JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 30/04/1943 'D/86032' HUSB& OF EMILY LAING, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 1/09/1943 'K/74377' SON OF MOISE JOSEPH L&RY & OF YVONNE L&RY (NE TURCOTTE), OF VANCOUVER, BC JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 1/09/1943 'K/62240' SON OF CHARLES WILMAN LEEDAM & JESSICA LEEDAM; HUSB& OF DOREEN ADELAIDE LEEDAM. OF WEST CALGARY, ALBERTA JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 1/09/1943 'M/101975' SON OF ALEX&ER & ALEX&RA HARPER MACLEOD, OF COBBLE HILL, BC (PREVIOUSLY FROM CALGARY, ALBERTA).

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THE SEAFORTH HIGHL&ERS OF CANADA MEN KILLED IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF ORTONA, 18 29 DECEMBER, 1943 SURNAME FORENAME AGE DATE OF DEATH RANK SERVICE NO. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & DETAILS

MCCONNELL LESTER HARVEY

28

26/12/1943

CORPORAL

MCPHEE

FREDERICK JOHN ALEX&ER

23

26/12/1943

PRIVATE

FARMER

43

27/12/1943

CSM (WO II)

HAMANN LAROCQUE WELLS YELLOWFLY

HENRY RUDOLPH ROBERT CLARENCE ERNEST GORDON

UK UK 35 27

27/12/1943 27/12/1943 27/12/1943 27/12/1943

PRIVATE (A/CPL) PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE

KING

ARTHUR EDD

27

28/12/1943

PRIVATE

FORRESTER

JOHN G.

29

29/12/1943

PRIVATE

JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 10/10/1943 HIS BROTHER, F/SGT ALEX&ER OWEN MACLEOD, RCAF KIA ON 13/10/1942 & BURIED IN MALTA 'K/52198' SON OF JOSEPH &REW & GERTRUDE CECIL MCCONNELL, OF CHILLIWACK, BC PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 22/07/1943 JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 12/09/1939. 'K/74808' HUSB& OF MILDRED ETHEL MCPHEE, OF VANCOUVER, BC PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 20/07/1943 JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 21/08/1942 'K/52090' HUSB& OF DORIS LUCY FARMER PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 19/07/1943 JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 11/09/1939 'K/74749' PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 5/08/1943 JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 4/12/1942 'K/53140' JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 10/10/1940 'M/106707' SON OF SNODEN & NANCY KATHRYN WELLS JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 12/12/1943 'M/102005' SON OF TEDDY & JANE YELLOWFLY, OF GLEICHEN, ALBERTA; HUSB& OF IDA YELLOWFLY JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 5/07/1943 'K/53211' SON OF ARTHUR A. & ANNIE KING, VANCOUVER, BC. PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED IN SICILY ON 10/07/1943 JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 4/04/1941 'K/21029' SON OF VIOLET FORRESTER, OF VANCOUVER, BC JOINED SEAFORTHS ON 5/05/1943

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