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Brown, (Rev.) Walter Leslie, Orillia, Ontario. Military Service: Captain, Chaplain 4th Class, Canadian Chaplains Service, Chaplain of Sherbrooke Fusiliers, captured and bayoneted on 6 June 1944 by SS troopers, 3rd Battalion, 25th Panzer Regiment, 12th SS Panzer Division, “Hitler Youth”, commanded of Colonel Karl-Heinz Milius. See PRU, File 03-98868 and Conduct Unbecoming, 64-65.
Additional Biographical Information:
Son of George C. and Florence M. Brown of Orillia, Ontario.
Date of Death: 6 June 1944. For casualty details, see Canadian War Graves Commission. Buried at Beny-sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, Calvados, France. Grave Reference: XIII.C.1.
