Donald Haken Moore (1923 - 1944)

Born 11 Nov 1923 in Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 28 May 1944 at age 20 in Anzio, Rome, Lazio, Italy

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Biography

Donald was born in 1923. He passed away in 1944.

Military Service

Donald signed up as a member of the 2nd Reserve Rn. of the Grey & Simcoe Foresters "A" Company on May 28, 1942, in Owen Sound, Ontario. ^[1] At the time, he was too young to join the regular service. Shortly after his nineteenth birthday, on November 26, 1942, he attested for service (again in Owen Sound) and was assigned to the Toronto Scottish Regiment. He would eventually be transferred to the 1st Canadian Special Service Battalion - what would later be known as the infamous 'Devil's Brigade'.

Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Department of National Defence fonds, 1939-1947, RG 24, "Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947," series, volume 26643, file "Service File of Donald Haken Moore -- Service Number B136858," page 1, item number 25458. http://collectionscanada.ca/obj/001056/f2/m/sww-26643-moore-donald_haken-b136858.pdf. Accessed 29 January 2019.

• "Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1946," database and images, Ancestry, (www.ancestry.com: accessed 13 January 2019), death of Donald Haken Moore, 28 May 1944, Italy, "Registrations of Ontario Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," Collection: MS944; Reel: 5; Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.