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Remembering World War II
Yarmouth Connections
Arnold Ernest Thornton
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Service:
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Service No:
F/8100
Date of Birth:
September 30, 1921
Place of Birth:
Amherst, Cumberland Co., NS
Date of Enlistment:
October 2, 1940
Place of Enlistment:
Yarmouth, NS
Address at Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
20
Height: 6 feet, 1 inch
Marital Status:
Single at Enlistment
Trade:
Stenographer
Religion:
Church of England
Next of Kin:
Edward Thornton (Father) Amherst, NS
Arnold Thornton was the son of Edward Arnold Thornton and Doris Maud Thornton. He married Ann Berneice (Amiro)
Thornton, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on October 2, 1943.
He was attached as a Clerk to No. 60 CABTC Yarmouth, NS between September 1940 and May 1942. He served in England and
France with the 13th Battalion (Calgary Highlanders). He was killed in action in Belgium on September 22, 1944.
Date of Death:
September 22, 1944
Age:
22
Cemetery:
Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery
Grave Reference:
7. D. 10.
Commemorated on Page 462 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on October 4
(Not listed on the Yarmouth War Memorial)
Sources and Information:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Veterans Affairs Canada
Library and Archives Canada
findagrave.com
Arnold Ernest Thornton