Canadian Forces

Bill Krusse killed in action in Germany

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Boggild, Vilhelm 'Bill' Krusse. F66822. Born 6 January 1925 in Haloagaergaard, Denmark; killed in action 25 March 1925 at Bienen, Germany. Son of Hans Christenson and Esther ( Fjerdingstad) Boggild. Bill arrived in Canada when he was four years old and lived in Lockeport, Shelburne County. Bill was working as a camp clerk in Caledonia, Queens County for the Mersey Paper Company, when he enlisted 3 April 1943 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He entered the No.2 Canadian Army University Course at Acadia University in August of 1943 and graduated in May of 1944. Following advanced infantry training he went overseas in October 1944. Bill was with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders in the successful Battle for the Scheldt and was killed after the crossing of the Rhine. At the time of his death his brother Captain Kai was in the RCNVR on the HMS Dryade; his brother F/L Carl, a member of the RCAF, was a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III, Germany and his brother Paul was living at home in Lockeport. Buried at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Grave 4, Row A, Plot 19, Gelderland, Netherlands.