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MacRae, Roderick Norman, Upper Middle River, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia. Military Service: Private, died 7 June 1944 of injuries sustained when deliberately hit by a vehicle with Red Cross markings driven by support personnel of 3rd Battalion, 25th Panzer Regiment, 12th SS Panzer Division, “Hitler Youth”, commanded of Colonel Karl-Heinz Milius. For further information, see PRU, File 40-50059 and Conduct Unbecoming, 63-64.
Additional Biographical Information: See Canadian War Graves Commission. Buried at Beny-sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, France. Grave Reference: XIII.B.11.