A 38237
Highland Light Infantry, RCIC
Corporal

Born: March 12th 1921, East Zorra Township
Died: July 8th 1944, *Killed in Action in France

Attended: SS # 1, Cassel
After School: worked on farm

Enlisted: July 1940, Kitchener
Served: England, France
Medals or Awards: 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; King George VI Defence with Maple Leaf on Bar; War Medal 1939-45

Family: Parents - John E. Weitzel and Lena Wilker
Brothers - Claude, Walter, Clifford

Comments: Killed outside Caen, France. Corporal Francis has a Thunder Bay District Lake named in his honour {Gazette, Jan. 27, 1954}
Monument in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, "These trees were planted in loving memory of Clarence Kalbfleisch, Francis Weitzel, and Alfred Kingsley who gave their all for King and
country 1939-1945"
Buried: Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers. XIVCII

** more information and photos available in hard copy form at the museum / archives ... Veterans book and Veteran files (4'" drawer in file cabinet, Archive room)