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Arsenault, Joseph Francis “Frank”, Tyne Valley, Prince Edward Island. Military Service: Private, A Company, North Nova Scotia Highlanders. Reg. No. F/50414. Shot to death along with eight others on 7 June 1944 on Authie-Cussy Road by an SS officer, 3rd Battalion, 25th Panzer Regiment, 12th SS Panzer Division, “Hitler Youth”, commanded of Colonel Karl-Heinz Milius. For further information, see PRU, File 04-28090 and Conduct Unbecoming, 63.
Additional Biographical Information:
Pvt. J.F. "Frank" Arsenault was a son of Fidelle and Elizabeth Arsenault and was married to Julia Ann Arsenault, all of Tyne Valley, PEI. For more information, see Veteran Affairs Canada's Virtual War Memorial.
Date of Death: 7 June 1944. For casualty details, see Canadian War Graves Commission. Memorialised at the Bayeux Memorial, Bayeux, Calvados, France. Panel 23.