Arthur Leonard Stewart^[1]

1906 - 1944  (38 years)

• Name	Arthur Leonard Stewart  [1]
  Birth	13 Aug 1906	Quebec, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Enlisted	12 Jul 1942	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	12 Jul 1942	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Address: 624 King Redward Ave.
  Burial	1944	Belgium,   [1]
  	Address: ADEGEM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
  	Grave Reference: X. B. 6. Adegem Canadian War Cemetery is located midway between Brugge (17 km) and Gent (26 km) on the N9 which connects the two towns. From Brugge, Adegem is approached via Sijsele and Maldegem. On reaching Adegem, the cemetery is located on the Prins Boudewijn Laan, on the right hand side of the N9. In the last week of September 1944, the Allies held the city of Antwerp, but the Germans held both shores of the Scheldt estuary, so that the port of Antwerp could not be used. The task of clearing the southern shore of the estuary was allotted to the 3rd Canadian Division, aided by the 4th Canadian Armoured Division and the 52nd Division. Their operations lasted from October until the beginning of November 1944. By 3rd November the Germans had been cleared from the north-west corner of Belgium and the south shore of the Scheldt was free. There had been fierce fighting for two weeks for the crossing of the Leopold Canal. The majority of the men buried at Adegem died during the operations for the clearance of the south bank of the Scheldt; but many Canadians who lost their lives elsewhere in Belgium were also brought here for burial.
  		Arthur Leonard Stewart
  Death	31 Oct 1944	Belgium,   [1]
  Obittuary	13 Nov 1944	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	The Ottawa Citizen
  Fact	Army  [1]
  Fact	C/73379  [1]
  Fact	Private  [1]
  Fact	Regiment, R.C.I.C., North Shore (New Brunswick)  [1]
  Person ID	I125940	Lowertown
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Commemorated on of the Second World War Book of Remembrance .

  
  

• Sources

  [S3441] (Reliability: 3). The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) [S3525] (Reliability: 3).