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Name: Forrest Leon Freeman Rank: Private Service No.: F/76188 Service: Loyal Edmonton Regiment, R.C.I.C. Date of Birth: December 3, 1915 Place of Birth: Louis Head, Shelburne Co., NS Date of Enlistment: November 26, 1942 Place of Enlistment: Halifax, NS Address at Enlistment: Dartmouth, NS Age at Enlistment: 26 Trade: Truck Driver/Mechanic Marital Status: Married Religion: Baptist Next of Kin: Margaret Freeman (Wife) Dartmouth, NS Date of Death: February 25, 1945 Age at Death: 28 Cemetery: Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy Plot: X. D. 8. Commemorated on page 516 of the Second World War Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on November 1 Private Forrest Leon Freeman was the son of John B. and Charlotte Freeman of Shelburne Co., NS and husband of Margaret Freeman, of Eastern Passage, Halifax Co., NS. He served in Canada until October 14, 1944, in the United Kingdom between October 15, 1944 and January 23, 1945, and in Italy from January 24, 1945 until his death. Private Freeman died February 25, 1945 of wounds received in action on February 24, 1945 while serving in Italy.