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McKinnon, William Lewis, St. Peters, Prince Edward Island. Military Service: Corporal, North Nova Scotia Highlanders, shot to death on 7 June 1944 at road between Buron and Authie in spontaneous battlefield vengeance by an SS trooper, 11th. Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Panzer Regiment, 12th SS Panzer Division, “Hitler Youth”, commanded of Colonel Karl-Heinz Milius. For further information, see PRU, File 40-39191 and Conduct Unbecoming, 62.
Additional Biographical Information: See Canadian War Graves Commission. Buried at Beny-sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, France. Grave Reference: XVI.B.7.