April 17, 2022. In September 2017, Pieter and I visited the village of Posterenk in The Netherlands with Edwin van der Wolf. Edwin told us how the Carleton and York Regiment came from Italy to Marseilles, France, and then made their way to The Netherlands. On April 13, 1945, they liberated Posterenk. In the process several soldiers lost their lives and were temporarily buried in the vicinity.
April 13, 2022. Posterenk windmill. (Photo submitted by Edwin van der Wolf. Photo credit: Anneke Poppenk)
The village never forgot the sacrifices and placed a memorial stone on its windmill.
Translation of memorial stone on the windmill: Posterenk freed by the Carleton & York Regiment of Canada on April 13, 1945. (Photo credit: Daria Valkenburg)
…8 known soldiers who lost their lives in the liberation of Posterenk….
The village also prepared a list of 6 Carleton & York Regiment soldiers, who had been buried in the area, to commemorate. Unfortunately, not all soldiers who died were included.
Pieter holds the list of 6 Carleton & York Regiment soldiers temporarily buried in Posterenk in 1945. (Photo credit: Daria Valkenburg)
Over the past few years, two more soldiers were identified: Goldwin Marven POLLICK of Minto, New Brunswick, and Daniel Peter MACKENZIE of Victoria Cross, Prince Edward Island.
…Sacrifice of Goldwin Pollick and Daniel MacKenzie commemorated in 2022….
On April 13, 2022, the commemoration of the 6 soldiers of the Carleton & York Regiment who had been buried near Posterenk was held. This year, Edwin “….read out for the first time the stories of Pte Goldwin Pollick and Cpl Daniel MacKenzie of this regiment, who were temporarily buried in Lochem because they had previously died in a Canadian hospital there….”
Edwin van der Wolf reads out the stories of Goldwin Pollick and Daniel MacKenzie. Above him, you can see the photos, left to right, of Samuel Glazier Porter, Goldwin Marven Pollick, and Frederick Joseph Tait. (Photo submitted by Edwin van der Wolf. Photo credit: Anneke Poppenk)
Members of the Royal Canadian Legion in The Netherlands and the City of Apeldoorn Pipes and Drums Band joined officials and the public for the commemoration event in Posterenk. (Photo submitted by Edwin van der Wolf. Photo credit: Anneke Poppenk)
The City of Apeldoorn Pipes and Drums Band attended the commemoration event in Posterenk. (Photo submitted by Edwin van der Wolf. Photo credit: Anneke Poppenk)
…Two soldiers commemorated in Posterenk are without photos….
Edwin advised that photos of the soldiers have been hung on the Posterenk windmill, but photos of two soldiers have yet to be found. He has asked for help to “…look for the two missing photos of Pte James Mossey and Sgt Harold Sabean for the working group in Posterenk...” Both men are buried in the Canadian War Cemetery in Holten, The Netherlands.
- James Frank MOSSEY was born on April 20, 1919 in Souris, Prince Edward Island, son of William and Mary Mossey. Killed in action on April 14, 1945, aged 25.
- Harold Gordon SABEAN was born on March 19 1918 in Port Lorne, Nova Scotia, the son of Saul and Susan Sabean. He was married to Josephine Marie Sabean and lived in St John, New Brunswick. Killed in action on April 13 1945, aged 27.
Thank you to Edwin van der Wolf for sharing photos about the commemoration event in Posterenk. If you have photos or information to share, please let Pieter know. Email him at memorialtrail@gmail.com, comment on the blog, or tweet to @researchmemori1.
…Previous stories about soldiers commemorated in Posterenk….
- Daniel Peter MACKENZIE in https://onthewarmemorialtrail.com/2018/01/20/on-the-war-memorial-trail-at-holten-canadian-war-cemetery/
- Goldwin Marven POLLICK in https://onthewarmemorialtrail.com/2021/01/07/on-the-war-memorial-trail-atlantic-canada-remembers-part-1/
- Samuel Glazier PORTER in https://onthewarmemorialtrail.com/2021/11/28/on-the-war-memorial-trail-atlantic-canada-remembers-part-11/
- Frederick Joseph TAIT in https://onthewarmemorialtrail.com/2021/03/16/on-the-war-memorial-trail-atlantic-canada-remembers-part-8/
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