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Arsenault, Joseph Ralph, Summerside, Prince Edward Island. Military Service: Lance Corporal, 9th Platoon, A Company. Reg No. F/59797. North Nova Scotia Highlanders, shot to death on 7 June 1944 on a road north of Authie by an SS officer, 11h Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Panzer Regiment, 12th SS Panzer Division, “Hitler Youth”, commanded of Colonel Karl-Heinz Milius. For further information, see PRU, File 04-28112 and Conduct Unbecoming, 62.
Additional Biographical Information:
Lance Corporal Joseph Arsenault was the son of Belonie and Mary J. Arsenault and was married to Anna May Arsenault, all of Summerside, 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. Buried at Beny-sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, France. Grave Reference: X.E.16.
