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Metcalfe, John, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, originally of Belle Isle, Newfoundland. Military Service: Private, North Nova Scotia Highlanders, shot to death on 7 June 1944 at Buron by an SS NCO, 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 40-74180 and Conduct Unbecoming, 61.
Additional Biographical Information: See Canadian War Graves Commission. Buried at Beny-sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, France. Grave Reference: XVI.D.10.