H/50558 Private John Lewis HUGHES, No. 10 Field Dressing Station, RCAMC: 02/11/1944

Moved from 4th and 9th Field Dressing Station, RCAMC War Diaries

I'm currently researching a soldier, John Lewis HUGHES, who was with the No. 10 Field Dressing Station, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, as a nursing orderly. He died on November 2, 1944, during the Battle of the Scheldt. We have no idea what happened, as the only reference says Killed In Action, so wonder if anyone might possibly have a war diary from that month as it is not available online (at least that I can see).
No. 10 Field Dressing Station, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

Thank you for any assistance in this.
Pieter


https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2227405/john-lewis-hughes/
PRIVATE JOHN LEWIS HUGHES
Service Number: H/50558
Regiment & Unit: 10 Field Dressing Station, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Date of Death: 02 November 1944
Age 28 years old
Buried or commemorated at HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Grave Reference: IV. G. 9.
Location: Netherlands
Additional Info: Husband of Irene Hughes, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

 

Here is his service file:
HUGHES, JOHN LEWIS

According to the state of his service pay book, it must have been a violent death beacuse it is burned!

 

I guess you already have these?

 

My best guess it happend on the beach at Westkapelle or near the casualty collecting point at Zoutelande, as his field grave was at Zoutelande.

 

Thank you Niko. Yes, I already have his service file and the pages from the book. All I am missing is the war diary, which unfortunately is not online.