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Frederick William George Holness

 

Holness, Frederick William George, Toronto, Ontario. Military Service: Private, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, shot to death on 9 June 1944 at 2nd Battalion Headquarters, Moulin Farm, Le Mesnil-Patry, on the order of SS Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm Mohnke, Commander, 26th Panzer Regiment, 12th SS Panzer Division, “Hitler Youth”. See PRU, File 39-07452 and Conduct Unbecoming, 96-99.

Additional Biographical Information: See Canadian War Graves Commission. Buried at Beny-sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, France. Grave Reference: XIII.C.11.