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Huron Leonard Smith

In memory of:

Private Huron Leonard Smith

March 8, 1945

Military Service

Service Number:

B/24613

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Born:

May 19, 1923
Osweken, Ontario

Enlistment:

February 26, 1943
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Son of Nelles and Mildred Smith, of Hamilton, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 565 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

IV. F. 16.

Location:

Groesbeek is located 10 km south east of the town of Nijmegen and close to the German frontier. The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery is 3 km north of the village and 1500 metres east of the main road to Nijmegen. On leaving the A73 motorway at the junction Overasselt Mook Groesbeek follow directions to Mook. Follow direction signs towards Mook War cemetery. After passing Mook War cemetery continue to the village of Groesbeek to a set of traffic lights. Turn left at the lights onto Dorpstraat passing through Groesbeek. The road name then changes to Molenweg. A Commonwealth War Graves Commission direction sign indicates the right hand turning from Molenweg onto the Zeven Heuvelenweg. The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery is located on the right hand side, about 1 km after entering this road. On the Memorial in the Canadian War Cemetery at Groesbeek are inscribed the following words:
Pro amicis mortui amicis vivimus, We live in the hearts of friends for whom we died.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of HURON LEONARD SMITH– PHOTO: Private H.L. Smith & Lt J.G. Jackson of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment in a canoe training for the assault on Kapelsche Veer, Netherlands, 26 January 1945. The canoes would prove useless in the attack. Pte. Huron Leonard Smith (B/24613) would be killed shortly after on 8 March 1945, at age 21. He is buried in GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY. (Photo by: Lieut. Gord Aikman, LAC a142421)

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    Photo of HURON LEONARD SMITH – PHOTO: Private H.L. Smith & Lt J.G. Jackson of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment in a canoe training for the assault on Kapelsche Veer, Netherlands, 26 January 1945. The canoes would prove useless in the attack. Pte. Huron Leonard Smith (B/24613) would be killed shortly after on 8 March 1945, at age 21. He is buried in GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY. (Photo by: Lieut. Gord Aikman, LAC a142421)
  • Press Clipping– Source: Hamilton Spectator, March 22, 1945

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    Press Clipping
    Press Clipping – Source: Hamilton Spectator, March 22, 1945

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