Remembering World War II

Name: Carl Melvin Fried Rank: Private Service Number: D/82925 Service: Seaforth Regiment of Canada, RCIC Date of Birth: April 23, 1915 Place of Birth: Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: July 16, 1941 Place of Enlistment: No. 4 District Depot, Montreal South, Quebec Age at Enlistment: 26 Address at Enlistment: 1420 Crescent St, Montreal, Quebec Height: 5 feet, 9 ¾ inches Complexion: Dark Hair Color: Hazel Eye Color: Black Occupation: Salesman Marital Status: Single Religion: Hebrew Next of Kin: Rose Fried (Mother), Cape Breton, NS Date of Death: May 23, 1944 Age: 29 Cemetery: Cassino War Cemetery, Italy Grave: Section IX, Row D, Grave 23 Commemorated on Page 310 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on July 1 Carl Melvin Fried was the son of Max Fried (1870-1935) and Rose H. (Hausner) Fried (1882-1953), and the brother of Mae Fried Baff (1904-1991), Nina Fried Cohen (1907-1991), Jerry Fried (1908-1987), and Lillian Fried (1910-1911. Carl’s father was born in Austria and his mother was born in the US. Carl’s birth year is recorded as 1913, 1914 and 1915 on various documents. His mother recorded it as 1915 on the Department of Defence Estates Branch form. He attended elementary school in Glace Bay, the Newark junior high school, and furthered his education at the Sydney Academy. He enjoyed baseball, football, hockey, and swimming. While in school he also worked as an office clerk in his father’s real estate business (census of 1931). His brother Jerry also worked a real estate agent for their father. He worked in mining, was working for a rug firm in Montreal when he enlisted, initially with the Black watch Regiment of Canada. He completed basic training at No. 41 Canadian Infantry Basic Training Centre (CABTC) in Huntington, Quebec from August 1st to October 1, 1941. Then he transferred to Advanced Training Centre ATC-12 in Farnham, QC for advanced training. Carl departed Canada on December 15, 1941, disembarking in the United Kingdom on December 23, 1941. Stationed in England until the beginning of the North African Campaign. He served in Africa, and while in the Mediterranean Theatre, contracted malaria on more than one occasion and had to be hospitalised. After being hospitalised in Bari, Italy, and subsequently being released, he was assigned to the Seaforth Highlanders. Private Carl Melvin Fried was killed in fighting on the Hitler Line on May 23, 1944. The family chose the inscription, “Darling, your smile and your loving memory will live in our hearts forever.”

Carl Melvin Fried

Source: Canadian Jewish Heritage Network Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave