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Date of birth:

February 27th, 1923 (Blandford/Nova Scotia, Canada)

Date of death:

June 7th, 1944 (Authie/Somme, France)

Buried on:

Canadian War Cemetery Beny-sur-mer
Plot: II. Row: A. Grave: 14.

Service number:

F/86577

Nationality:

Canadian

Lambert Avery Fleet was raised in a rural coastal community. Fleet came from a large family with deep roots in Nova Scotia. His mother, Cassie Fleet, passed away in 1931, and his father, also deceased by the late 1930s, had lived in Blandford. Lambert had several siblings, including Erminie and Marguerite Clara Fleet, both of whom resided in Nova Scotia during his military service. He also had brothers Oliver and George Fleet, who served overseas in the Canadian Army.

Fleet spent his early years in Blandford until the age of twelve, after which he lived in Chester for four years and later worked in and around Lunenburg as a laborer and farmhand. He was unmarried and had no children. His education level was limited, and he was described as illiterate on official forms. Despite this, he demonstrated mechanical aptitude and ambition in his occupational history, with experience in farming and interest in photography, radio, and mechanics.

Lambert enlisted in the Canadian Active Service Force on June 30, 1941, at Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. He was assigned to the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, part of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. His service record indicates that he underwent various training courses and was deployed overseas, where he served in France during the Second World War.

Private Fleet was murdered by Waffen-SS soldiers on June 7, 1944, during the Normandy campaign, just one day after the D-Day landings. He was initially buried near the village of Authie and later reinterred in grave 14, row A, plot 2 of the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in France. His death was officially reported by the Canadian military, and his remains were respectfully handled and commemorated.

Fleet left a handwritten will dated July 18, 1941, in which he bequeathed all his goods and assets to his sister Marguerite Fleet. Following his death, his estate was administered by the Department of National Defence, and his war service gratuity and other benefits were distributed to his surviving relatives, primarily through the Children’s Aid Society of Lunenburg County for the benefit of Marguerite.

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