Remembering World War II

Name: Nathan Feinstein Rank: Private Service No.: F/3906 Service: North Nova Scotia Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps Date of Birth: May 31, 1917 Place of Birth: Inverness, Inverness County, NS Date of Enlistment: September 16, 1942 Place of Enlistment: Shelburne, Shelburne Co., NS Age at Enlistment: 25 Address at Enlistment: Inverness, Inverness Co., NS Height: 5 feet, 6 ½ inches Trade: Manager, Dry Goods Store Marital Status: Single Next of Kin: Fannie Feinstein, (Mother) Toronto, Ontario Religion: Hebrew Date of Death: November 2, 1944 Age: 27 Cemetery: Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Belgium Grave: IV. A. 5. Inscription: “Born in Inverness, N.S., Canada, Beloved Son of Fannie Feinstein and the late Isidor Feinstein” Commemorated on Page 303 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on June 28 Nathan Feinstein was the son of Isidor (1892-1937) and Fannie (Wener) Feinstein (b. 1892) of Toronto, ON. His parents were married in Sydney, NS, June 13, 1916. Nathan had three brothers - Sam, Joseph (Johnnie) and Bernard; and two sisters – Edith and Rachel. His brother Flight Sergeant Samuel Feinstein, died September 30, 1942, in the RCAF, serving with 12 RAF Squadron on operational duty over Germany. After their father’s death in 1937, and before WWII, the eldest son Nathan looked after the business and family affairs; he was the manager of their Ladies’ and Gents’ Dry Goods Store in Inverness. Nathan originally enlisted with the NPAM (Non-Permanent Active Militia) in the Coast Royal Canadian Artillery in May 1942. He was taken on strength with the No. 1 Transit Camp May 1, 1942, and interviewed May 3, 1942. He was at Aldershot for Basic Training in the Reserves from May 15 to 18, 1942, and Advanced Training at Aldershot from May 19 to June 9, 1942. He was at No. 61 CABTC in New Glasgow, NS, from May 16-18, 1942, and at #A14 Advanced training in Aldershot, NS from May 19 to June 9, 1942. Private Feinstein was reassigned from the Royal Canadian Artillery (104th Coast Battery) to the Canadian Infantry Corps, re-enlisting for Active Service in WWII, in Shelburne on September 16, 1942. He departed Canada August 29, and disembarked in the UK September 5, 1944. A month later, he embarked October 1 in the UK, disembarking the next day in France October 2, 1944. Private Nathan Feinstein was wounded November 1, with a gun shot wound to the abdomen in the Battle of the Scheldt, during Operation Switchback, and died of his wounds November 2, 1944, after admission to the No. 5th Canadian Field Dressing Station (5 FDS). He is interred at the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery in Belgium.

Nathan Feinstein

Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Image from the Inverness Academy Memorial Wall