CHERRY, Frank Arthur  
 
PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Cherry, Frank Arthur
Date of birth: Unknown
Date of death:  April 10th, 1945 (Deventer, the Netherlands)
Buried on:  Holten Canadian War Cemetery
Nationality:  Canadian
BIOGRAPHY: 
Frank Cherry found himself with four comrades in a room on April 10th 1944 on the Diepenveenseweg in Deventer, the Netherlands. At that moment a German tank opened fire and when the grenade struck target, Corporal Cherry was the only one that was killed. He was only 21 years of age.
Service number K57783.
     
MILITARY MEDAL (MM)
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Unit: Canadian Scottish Regiment
Awarded on: December 21st, 1944
Details: Published in the London Gazette dated 21st December 1944, pages 5861-5862.
 
     
CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL
Rank: Corporal
Unit: Canadian Scottish Regiment.
 
 
 
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Information source(s):   - Wouter Veldhoen
- Ashton M., The Canadian Medal Rolls-Distinguished Conduct and Military Medal, The Carlton Press, Toronto, 1983
   
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