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Soldier Information Cards - World War Two
Transcription
Aigner, Frank
see also Aksim, Victor E.
[clipping] 19 July, 1944
[image] WOUNDED - Lance-Cpl. Frank Aigner
in Normandy with H.L.I.
[clipping] 18 July, 1944
AIGNER, Acting Lance-Cpl. Frank John, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Aigner, 16 Euclid Ave., Waterloo.
Lance-Cpl. Aigner lost his right arm in battle. His parents had been out of town on a short holiday and were confronted by the news on their return yesterday. A telegram from the minister of national defence stated:
"Acting Lance-Cpl. Frank John Aigner suffered an amputation of the right arm as a result of severe shell fragment wounds received in action, July 8, 1944." Further information is promised, when available.
Cpl. Aigner, who is 22, enlisted with the H.L.I. in June, 1940, and went overseas a year later. He was employed at the Canada Barrels and Kegs Ltd.
Born at St. Jacobs, he went to public school in Waterloo, and also attended the K-W Collegiate.
[clipping] 27 Sept., 1944
Waterloo Man on Hospital Car
LONDON, Ont., Sept. 27, 1944 (CP) - Casualty cases from the battlefields of France and Italy, 41 soldiers arrived here today aboard two hospital cars. They arrived in Canada recently aboard a hospital ship. Despite a pelting rain, a large crowd gathered to welcome them.
Those who will remain in hospital here for further treatment include Lance-Cpl. F.J. Aigner, Waterloo; Pte. J. Hoshoian, Galt; Pte. W.W. Nichol, Preston.
Lance-Cpl. Aigner, 22, suffered an amputation of the right arm as the result of severe shell fragment wounds received in action, July 8.
He enlisted with the H.L.I. in June, 1940, and went overseas a year later.
[photograph]
[KDRIS]
[N] Ptd. Frank Aigner
[HA] 16 Euclid Avenue
[CO] Canada Barrel and Keg
[PB] St. Jacobs
[FME] none
[PR] private
[DE] June
[UE] H.L.I.
[MS] Single
[S] [blank]