Name: Frederick Joseph Mullen Rank: Private Service Number: F/96005 Service: North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C. Date of Birth: May 18, 1924 Place of Birth: Weymouth, Digby County, Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: August 30, 1941 Place of Enlistment: Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, NS Address at Enlistment: Weymouth, Digby County, NS Age at Enlistment: 17 Height: 5 feet, 3 ¼ inches Complexion: Medium Hair Colour: Brown Eye Colour: Brown Occupation: Labourer Marital Status: Single Religion: Baptist Next of Kin: Mary Mullen (Mother) at enlistment Asa Mullen (Father) Date of Death: July 10, 1944 Age: 20 Cemetery: Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, Calvados, Normandy, France Grave: Section XVI, Row A, Grave 12 Frederick Joseph Mullen was the foster son of Mary Jane Mullen (1882-1956) and Asa McGray Mullen (1881- 1944), and the brother of Oscar Asa Mullen (1903-1957), and Stella May (Mullen) Kimball (1908-2003). His father was born in New Tusket, Digby County, Nova Scotia, and his mother was born in Havelock, also in Digby Co., NS. His brother Oscar served in the Canadian Army in WWII as well. Prior to enlisting in the Canadian Army, Frederick enlisted in the Merchant Navy on April 2, 1941, and was discharged from that service May 29, 1941. Next, he attempted to enlist in the Canadian Army in August of 1941, Frederick was again discharged In March of 1942 for being underage (17) at Halifax, NS. Having reached the age of 18 in May of 1942, Frederick re-enlisted November 23, 1942, in Kentville, Nova Scotia. He had worked briefly for 3 months at a sardine factory in Black’s Harbour, Eastern Charlotte, New Brunswick. After enlistment, he oversaw the shipping of convoys for 7 or 8 months at the No. 6 Ordnance Depot in Halifax until September 1943. He then completed Basic Training at Canadian Infantry Basic Training Centre (CIBTC) No. 60 (Camp 60) in Yarmouth, NS from October 7-21, 1943, and Advanced Training at Aldershot and A14 CITC from October until January/February 1944. In the spring of 1944, he continued training with the 1st Canadian Training Brigade at Debert until the end of April. Posted to the United Kingdom, he landed there disembarking on May 7, 1944. Having embarked from England on June 22, 1944, Frederick landed with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders the next day on June 23rd in France. The enemy gave orders to evacuate Caen on July 9, 1944, around 3:00 am. The Allies liberated the city, but only in part. The enemy still held the southern sector on the other side of the Orne River. Canadian losses during this operation amounted to 330 men killed and 864 wounded, more than on D-Day. Frederick was wounded July 10, 1944, and died the same day. He is interred at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Reviers, France.

Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave