Captain Nile Harold Bier

1918 - 1944  (26 years)

• Name	Nile Harold Bier
  Prefix	Captain
  Born	1918  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Honoured	Nile Bier Crescent, New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada
  	Nile Bier Crescent, New Hamburg, Ontario named in his honor
  Interesting	war, military, misfortune, life story
  Military	WW2  [1]
  Misfortune	killed in WW2
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-40350P
  Died	28 Jun 1944  [1]
  Buried	Assisi War Cemetery, Rivotoro, Assisi, , , Italy
  Person ID	I40350	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Elmer Henry Bier,   b. 20 Feb 1892, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jan 1970, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Laura Edna Seegmiller,   b. 23 Oct 1894, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1972  (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F23119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Tank Ambushed in Italy, Capt. 'Maxie' Bier Killed By DOUG HOW With the Canadian Corps In Italy, July 20 (CP). The major asked: "'Could you write something about Maxie?" "I don't know just what you could write," he said. "If you could only have known the guy it. would be easy. He was the best, Maxie was. "He was short--about five five - and he had blond hair. He was a very quiet fellow and a very tough and able fellow when this squadron got into trouble. His name was Capt. Nils Bier and he came from :Hamburg, OM. Sure, German descent "We called him Maxie. Right through Sicily and on up he's been with us, always solid, always in there. We used to see him standing in the turret of his tank with a grenade in his hand, ready for anything. Got Away a Round "He was killed near Casamaggiore a couple of days ago The Germans commanded three-quarters of an arc of a circle and Maxie was ambushed by four Mark V Panthers. He saw them and got away a round before they got him. He died giving his gunner a fire 'order. "Two days before he had been wounded, but he came right back up. That was Maxie Bier." Globe and Mail 21 Jul 1944

  
  

• Sources

  [S1886] Military - Canada - Second World War Service Files Canadian Armed Forces War Dead. Bier, Nile Harold 26 years Birthdate: 1918 Died: 1944 Jun 28 Rank: Captain Unit: Three Rivers Regiment, R.C.A.C. Force: Army Service Number: Additional Details son of Elmer & Edna Bier of New Hamburg, Ontario

  
  

• Event Map

  Honoured - Nile Bier Crescent, New Hamburg, Ontario named in his honor - - Nile Bier Crescent, New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Assisi War Cemetery, Rivotoro, Assisi, , , Italy  = Link to Google Earth