Name: Rank: Service No: Service: Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date of Enlistment: Place of Enlistment: Age at Enlistment: Height: Complexion: Eye Colour: Hair Colour: Marital Status: Trade: Religion: Next of Kin: Date of Death: Age at Death: Cemetery: Reference:

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Fred Vincent Bigelow Private F/87130 North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C. June 16, 1922 Centreville, Kings Co., NS July 7, 1941 Kentville, Kings Co., NS 19 5 feet, 6 inches Fair Blue Blond Single Farm Labourer Baptist Fred Henry Bigelow (Father) Kentville, NS June 7, 1944 (Killed in Action) 21 Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, France VIII. F. 13 Commemorated on page 250 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on May 26 Private Bigelow was the son of Fred Henry and Sarah Bigelow, of Kentville, King's Co., NS. He went overseas arriving in the United Kingdom on June 23, 1943. He landed in France on June 6, 1944. He was killed in action on June 7, 1944.