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Nichol, William, Amherst, Nova Scotia. Military Service: Private, North Nova Scotia Highlanders, bludgeoned to death on 7 June 1944 at Authie in spontaneous battlefield vengeance by an SS trooper, 9th Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Panzer Regiment, 12th SS Panzer Division, “Hitler Youth”, commanded of Colonel Karl-Heinz Milius. For further information, see Conduct Unbecoming, 59.
Additional Biographical Information: See Canadian War Graves Commission. Buried at Beny-sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery,Reviers, France. Grave Reference: II.C.10.