Private Wallace Raymond Parmeter Last Revised January 5 2020

Wallace Raymond Parmeter, son of Frank Richard Parmeter and Camela Cox, was born April 1st 1924 in Kenora. He died 26 Nov 1995. Frank Richard Parmeter served in World War 1(See https://www.kenoragreatwarproject.ca/canadian-engineers/parmeter-frank-richard/ )

The parents had seven children,

Bertha Gertrude Parmeter b. 6 Jun 1914 in Kenora, d. 22 Apr 1917 in Kenora, Ontario Frank Roy Parmeter b. 02 Dec 1915 in Kenora, Ontario, m. d. 30 May 1977, Kenora, Ontario Ronald Hume Parmeter b. 20 Aug 1919, m. Leona Florence Gagnon 03 Aug 1930 in Kenora, Ontario d. 13 Jun 2018 in Toccoa Creek, Stephens, Georgia, USA Wallace Raymond Parmeter b. 1 Apr 1924 in Kenora, Ontario, d. 26 Nov 1995 Robert Arthur Parmeter b. 31 May 1926 in Kenora, Ontario, d. 28 Nov 1990 Grace-Anne Parmeter b. 08 Oct 1928 Kenora, Ontario, D. 04 Jan 2005 Dryden, Ontario George Russell Parmeter b. 03 Feb 1930 Kenora, Ontario, d. 16 Apr 2012 in Sylvan Lake, Alberta

Private Parmeter enlisted April 1943 and went overseas in 1943 with the Seaforth Highlanders of . The regiment mobilized The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, CASF for active service on 1 September 1939. It was redesignated as the 1st Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, CASF on 7 November 1940. It embarked for Britain on 20 December 1939. The battalion landed in Sicily on 10 July 1943 and in Italy on 4 September 1943 as part of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Canadian Infantry Division. On 14 March 1945, it moved with the I Canadian to North-West Europe as part of Operation Goldflake, where it fought until the end of the war. The overseas battalion disbanded on 31 October 1945. On 1 June 1945, a second Active Force component of the regiment was mobilized for service in the Pacific theatre of operations designated as the 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion (The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), CASF. The battalion disbanded on 1 November 1945. He participated in the fighting form January 1944 until he was taken prisoner in September 1944.

He was taken prisoner by the Germans in Italy and taken to Germany and confined at Camp Stalag 7A in Germany. He way liberated at the beginning of May 1945. Stalag VII-A ( Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschafts- Stammlager VII-A) was Germany's largest prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, located just north of the town of Moosburg in southern Bavaria. The camp covered an area of 35 hectares (86 acres). At the time of its liberation on 29 April 1945, there were 76,248 prisoners in the main camp and 40,000 or more in Arbeitskommando working in factories, repairing railroads or on farms. Camp history. The camp was opened in September 1939 and over the length of the war housed pow from many nations. Many British Commonwealth prisoners came from the North African campaign and the offensive against the Italian-held islands in the Mediterranean. They were brought here from Italian Pow camps after the Armistice with Italy in September 1943, including many who escaped at that time and were recaptured. Italian soldiers were also imprisoned. Among the last arrivals were officers from Stalag Luft III who had been force- marched from Sagan in Silesia (now Żagań), Poland). They arrived on 2 February 1945. According to official German sources, there had been 76,248 prisoners at the camp in January 1945.

In 1963 and 1972 he was employed by the Ontario Provincial Police in Kenora. In 1963 he was living with his father, Frank R. Parmeter. Date of death has yet to be determined. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seaforth_Highlanders_of_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VII-A