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Moss, James Alvin

Date of birth:
June 26th, 1921 (Stellarton/Nova Scotia, Canada)
Date of death:
June 7th, 1944 (Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, France)
Buried on:
Canadian War Cemetery Beny-sur-mer
Plot: VII. Row: H. Grave: 8.
Service number:
F/45209
Nationality:
Canadian

Biography

Private Moss enlisted on June 28, 1940 in Mulgrave, Nova Scotia. He served in North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C. and landed on D-Day on the beaches of Normandy, France. Moss was subsequently captured by Waffen-SS soldiers of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend" and murdered.

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