Name
William Gordon Mercer
Born
1924-02-16
Birth Place
Died
2011-06-02
Death Place
Other Residence
Cemetery
Boyd Cemetery, Shallow Lake, Keppel Township
Service Record 1
Conflict
Battalion
Essex Scottish Regiment
Enlistment /Transfer Date
1943-03
Taken Prisoner of War
1944-09-28
Prisoner of War Camp 1
Stargard Prisoner Camp, Poland
Prisoner of War Camp 2
Salzwedal Prisoner Camp, Germany
Notes
Lived in Hepworth. Served in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Was taken prisoner of war on Sept. 28, 1944. Spent time at Poland Stargard Prisoner Camp, and was forced to walk from there to Salzwedal, Germany where liberated by U.S.A. troops.Sources & Links
- 1. The Bugle Call Hepworth Public School Year Book- 2. "William G. Mercer: Recollections of World War II" transcribed and appended by Pam Weaver (2016).
- Find a Grave
