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Honouring past, present and future Veterans
Jean Lanouette (November 2010)
Jean Lanouette - Associate Member - Royal Canadian Legion, South Carleton Branch #314 (Manotick) Corporal Jean Marcel Corbeil C.460294 C-40019
Norris Branch 227 South Carleton Branch 314 Governor General Foot Guards December 14, 1948 to October 7, 1949
Canadian Armoured Corps August 28, 1939 to October 19, 1945
Submitted by Jean & Monique Lanouette (Monique’s Father) Private Laurier Lanouette C-94912
World War II July 3, 1942 to February 11, 1946 Canadian Armoured Corps – Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Submitted by Jean & Monique Lanouette (Jean’s Father) Lieutenant-Commander Marc Lanouette CD
Operation Apollo HMCS MONTRÉAL Persian Gulf September 9, 2002 - April 25, 2003
Naval Combat Systems Engineer Canadian Navy June 1997 to present Submitted by Jean & Monique Lanouette (Son) Lieutenant Patrick Lanouette
5e Régiment d’artillerie légère du Canada (Val Cartier) September 2003 to present Deployed to Afghanistan , Novemeber 2010 – July 2011
Submitted by Jean & Monique Lanouette (Son) Lieutenant (N) Ben Coles CD
HMCS REGINA in the mid-Pacific Ocean
On the Golan Heights
Ben served 14 years in the Canadian Navy, as an OCdt and Regular MARS Officer United Nations - Golan Heights - Pacific Fleet, Esquimalt 1991 - 2005
Submitted by Richard & Ann Coles (Son) Able Seaman Aidan Louis Coles
HMCS Naden
CFB Cornwallis
HMCS Carleton
Canadian Forces Primary Naval Reserve Diesel mechanic Served continuously from: May 1993 - Honourably discharged: November 1994 Submitted by Richard & Ann Coles (Son) Corporal Ronald LeslieColes
Royal Air Force 1935 - 1946 Served in France, Middle East, Egypt, Palestine and Malta Submitted by Richard Coles & Ann Coles (Richard’s Father) Gunner Frederick W. Thornton M. M.
Awarded The Military Medal in 1919, “For Bravery in the Field”, during the final battles of World War I.
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Royal Field Artillery, 310 Brigade, Company C VI Corps, 62nd Division, British Third Army 1916 - 1919 Submitted by Ann and Richard Coles ( Ann’s Grandfather) Corporal Frederick Louis Thornton
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Royal Air Force May 1940 – February 1946
Submitted by Ann and Richard Coles ( Ann’s Father) Private William C. Coles
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Enlisted in 3rd Northamptonshire Regiment in April 1915 Transferred to Royal Army Medical Corps) by September 1915 Served in a Hospital Ship to Egypt in late 1915 – early 1916
Royal Army Medical Corps April 1915 – February 1919
Submitted by Ann and Richard Coles ( Richard’s Grandfather) PrivateCharles Coles 16349
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-Special Reserve of the Northamptonshire Regiment of Foot - Member of the British Expeditionary Force - Captured on the Somme (August 16th, 1916) imprisoned at Dulmer - Remained a prisoner of war until November 21st, 1918
British Army 1914 - 1919
Submitted by Ann and Richard Coles ( Richard’s great-uncle) Master Warrant Officer Andrew Watters
1 Regiment Engineers, Moncton, NB Rwanda, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Golan Heights, Alert, UAE, Afghanistan
Submitted by Derek Graham (Stepson) MajorChristopher Watters
Northern Ireland , Crossmaglen 1985 Northern Ireland , Belfast 1987 Congo 1995 Bosnia 1996 Kosova 2001 Afghanistan ( Kandahar ) 2008 Afghanistan ( Helmand Province ) 2010
Royal Army Medical Corps Northern Ireland, Congo, Bosnia, Kosova, Afghanistan
Submitted by Derek Graham (Stepson) Leading Aircraftman Derek Graham
Royal Canadian Air Force Air Material Command Branch #314 1961- 1965 Submitted by Derek Graham C.Q.M.S. Alexander J.W. Maddern 6913211
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India, Ceylon, Burma Company Quarter Master Sergeant December 1938 to April 1944 Foreman of Signals Royal Corps of Signals
Submitted by Susan Fleck, nee Maddern (Father) Warrant Officer 2nd Class Winston E. Davis CD
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RCEME)
Submitted by the Davis family Warrant Officer 2nd Class Harvey Thornton R115851
Lost his life after an encounter with a Nazi submarine while on patrol in the Bay of Biscay .
Wireless Operator Air Gunner (RCAF) 224 Sqdn Enlisted September 1941 – Killed In Action March 20th, 1944 Submitted by Joyce Lebeau (Brother) Sapper Bill Thornton
Royal Canadian Engineers Posted overseas in December, 1943 Submitted by Joyce Lebeau (Brother) Lance Corporal Fred Thornton
Second member of the family to become a casualty. Wrote to his mom after being injured. « I have only two more weeks in hospital … back to the front for me, I hope. »
1st Regina Rifle Regiment Posted overseas in September, 1941
Submitted by Joyce Lebeau (Brother) Clarence Ernest Thornton
Enlisted with the RCAF in January 1943 when he was 20 years old
Clarence received his basic training in Toronto and was then posted to Goose Bay, Labrador.
(RCAF) January 28, 1924 – December 2,1985
Submitted by Joyce Lebeau (Brother) Trooper John H. Sadler B72443
Seated on centre of hood holding little girl. ½ Track – First Allied vehicle to liberate Bacqueville en caux (nr Dieppe) – Sept. 1/44
B Squadron, VIIIth Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment November, 1942 – July 18, 1946
Submitted by John H. Sadler Corporal Robert John Kirkpatrick MM D21556
5th Canadian Armoured Division Signals 2 August, 1940 – 9 October, 1945
Submitted by Robert J. Kirkpatrick Corporal Albert Frank Frederick Brodie 3399
Corporal Brodie served during World War I. Below is a copy of a letter he wrote to his mother in May of 1916.
No 1 Platoon, A Company, 3/5 Devonshire Regiment World War 1
Submitted by Iris Brazier (Father) Flying Officer Lawrence Renton J42753
Flying Officer Audrey
Audrey
Royal Canadian Air Force Bombaimer 6th Group RCAF Submitted by Larry and Audrey Renton Sergeant Audrey Wood 438119
Flying Officer
Audrey Audrey
Royal Air Force Royal Air Force
Submitted by Larry and Audrey Renton Captain Alexander Renton
Flying Officer
Commanding Officer Ottawa Audrey
Canadian Provost Corps WWII
Submitted by Larry and Audrey Renton (Larry’s father) FlyingOfficer Bruce Renton J50217
Flying Officer Audrey
Flight Engineer
Royal Canadian Air Force Audrey
Submitted by Larry and Audrey Renton (Larry’s Brother) Flight Lieutenant James L. Nicholson J53573
RCAF Pilot "Special Duties― 161 Squadron
Flying Officer Audrey
A highly secretive unit tasked with missions of the (Special Operations Executive) during WWII.Audrey Their primary role was to drop and collect secret agents and equipment into and from Nazi-occupied Europe.
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Pilot OfficerHugh Norman McLeod
BOMBAIMER
432 SQUADRON Royal Canadian Air Force
Killed in Action September 16th, 1944 Flying Officer Audrey
Audrey
Aabenraa Cemetery, Denmark
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Gordon Sherrard A6176
Royal Canadian Navy
Flying Officer
Audrey
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Group Captain Albert (Bert) Houle J4887
Flying OfficerAudrey
Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar Fighter Pilot Canadian Ace
417 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force Submitted by Audrey Renton Captain David A . Brennan
Flying Officer Audrey
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (Son of Manotick Blacksmith)
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Brigadier General Leo M. Brennan
Flying Officer Audrey
Royal Army Service Corps - Canadian Army Service Corps (Son of Manotick Blacksmith)
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Major William A. Brennan
Flying Officer Audrey
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (Son of Manotick Blacksmith)
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Sergeant Earl F. Baldry R195726
Killed in Action, May 2, 1944 20 years old
Buried in the Audenarde Communal Cemetery Belgium
Flying Officer Audrey
Rear Gunner
429 Bison Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Flight Sergeant Reginald Hicks R82956
Killed in Action, July 4, 1943
23 years old Buried in the Poix-De-Picardie Church yard
Flying Officer Audrey
Bombaimer
408 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Pilot OfficerOrville W. Hicks J88333
Killed in Action, February 16, 1944
20 years old Name appears on Runnymede Memorial
Flying Officer Audrey
Rear Gunner
426 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Flying Officer Hugh A. Lindsay
Flying Officer Audrey Bombaimer
429 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Flying Officer John H. McKellar J28269
Third from right
Flying Officer Audrey
Navigator
419 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Warrant Officer 2nd Class Ambrose Whalen R/53979
Killed in Action, April 17, 1943
29 years old
Flying Officer Audrey
Rheinberg War Cemetery
426 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Pilot Officer Gordon Pratt J87238 RCAF R96428 RAF
Killed in Action, October 3, 1944
Flying Officer Audrey
Name appears on Runnymede Memorial
Royal Canadian Air Force
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Flight Sergeant Donald Mather R54288
Killed in Action, October 10, 1941
Flying Officer Audrey
Name appears on Runnymede Memorial
407 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Jack Doyle 72830
HMCS Digby J267 Bangor Class Minesweeper North West Atlantic Convoy Escort
Flying Officer Audrey
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Lt/Commander Douglas V. Carroll
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Flying Officer Audrey
Commissioned Telegraphist Royal Canadian Navy
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Squadron Leader Fred O’Callaghan
1st President South Carleton Branch 314 1947
Observer
Flying Officer Audrey
Observer Royal Canadian Air Force
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Major Maurice GascoygneClennett
Decorated For Heroism Overseas
Distinguished Service Order
Flying Officer
North Nova Scotia Highlanders
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Private Lloyd Kirk
Flying Officer
2nd Armoured Brigade Royal Canadian Army
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Charles W. Sadleir CD
Served in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.
World War II Volunteered in 1939, remained in the military for several years after the war. 26th Battery, Second Division, RCA Submitted by Paul B. Allen (Uncle) Sergeant Eric W. Padgham CD 24170
World War II Discharged 1965 Royal Canadian Air Force Submitted by Margery Toner (Father) Sergeant Desmond Clarke 214624
Served for 30 years, including the Korean War. Royal Canadian Regiment / Royal Canadian Air Force Submitted by Beverley Clarke (Husband) Leading Airwoman BeverleyClarke 207399W
Mont-Apica Radar Station
Royal Canadian Air Force 1953 - 1955
Submitted by Beverley Clarke Flying Officer Ramsay Brown CD 179416 J29536
191 Squadron RAF, Koggala, Ceylon 1942 - 1945
Submitted by Ramsay Brown Lieutenant Harold Brown
Royal Air Force Royal Flying Corps World War I Submitted by Ramsay Brown (Father) Sergeant Ken Smith
RAF - HQ South East Asia Command Calcutta, India, 1944
Submitted by Ken Smith Gordon L. Rowat CD L67929 (1925 -2008) 51635-E
Life Member Royal Canadian Legion Meritorious Service Medal PRIVATE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER Canadian Scottish Regiment Royal Canadian Navy Wounded – Emirich, Germany Air Electronic Technician 28 March 1945 Submitted by Barbara Rowat (Husband) Private Philip Lee
Cheshire Regiment British Army World War I Submitted by Barbara Rowat (Father) Joan Brownrigg Barrow
Life Member Royal Canadian Legion Branch #314 Submitted by Joan Barrow Trooper Bob Barrow
60th anniversary VE Day
Marjorie & Joe Baxter – Joan & Bob Barrow
-35 year member Royal Canadian Legion -35 year Boy Scout leader -25 year member (Past President) Manotick Kiwanis
17th Duke of York Royal Canadian Hussars Montreal, Quebec Submitted by Joan Barrow (Husband) Colonel Robert (Bob) Ford CD
Colonel R. J. Ford :
- Air gunner - Aircraftsman Clerk Stenographer -Chief Clerk Canadian Orderly Room -Adjudant : RCAF Stn Sea Island -Chief Administrative Officer -Staff Officer Organization and Establishment -Staff Officer (NORAD) Headquarters -Base Administration Officer (COMOX, BC) -Commandant (CFSAL) Canadian Forces School of Administration and Logistics
On his retirement 30 December 1980, Colonel Robert Ford had completed 37 years of distinguided service in the Canadian Forces.
Submitted by Joan Barrow (Brother) Corporal Howard Harry Ford 925546
NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY THELUS, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Remembered with honour
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment) Killed in Action at Vimy Ridge – 9 April 1917 19 years old Submitted by Joan Barrow (Uncle) Wing Commander Roland (Bob)Ford C124
-Served in France 1916 – 1917 -Hospitalized during the battle of Hill 70 -Joined the Air Board in 1920 -Squadron Leader (Deputy Director) AFHQ - W/C Trenton (1941), W/C Dartmouth (1942) Served in both World War I and World War II RCA Signals Corps WWI – RCAF Aeronautical Engineer WWII Enlisted 1915 – Retired 1945 Submitted by Joan Barrow (Father) Corporal Howard Waddington Ford K/57262
Grave Reference : 4 C 16 Buried at the Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in France †
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Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C. Died during the Battle of Normandy 9 June 1944 (Age : 23) Submitted by Joan Barrow (Cousin) Elaine Ford O’Brien Narraway
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Registered Nurse World War II
Submitted by Joan Barrow (Sister) Pilot Officer David O’Brien
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Royal Canadian Air Force World War II
Submitted by Joan Barrow (Brother- in-Law) Leading AircraftmanJoseph Thomas Baxter R207671
Leading Aircraftman -Paymaster Royal Canadian Air Force 1942 - 1945 Submitted by Joan Barrow (Brother- in-Law) Sergeant Marjorie E. J. Baxter W30411
1942
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RCEME) Draftsman CWAC 1942 - 1945 Submitted by Joan Barrow (Sister) Robert Narraway
Stoker – Royal Canadian Navy Served on the North Sea 5 years War Service Submitted by Joan Barrow (Brother-in-Law) The Brownrigg Family
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Royal Canadian Navy CP Rail Sergeant Sergeant RCAF Convoy Duty Designated War Service Royal Canadian Army Communications
Submitted by Joan Barrow (Brothers) Reginald Kay
Montgomery Branch #351
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World War I World War II 3rd King’s Liverpool Regiment Royal Regiment of Canada
Submitted by Kathy Pitcher (Father) Percy John Pitcher
WWI
World War I Canadian Field Artillery
Submitted by Kathy Pitcher (Father-in-Law) Staff Sergeant Frank Turner
Army Physical Training Corps January 1944 – August 1948 East Surry Regiment - United Kingdom Submitted by Jane Keeler (Father) FlyingOfficer J. F. Kersley
116 Squadron, RCAF 1941 – 1946 Battle of the Atlantic Submitted by John Kersley (Father) Private Kenneth Allen Morris B138477
Was killed at Xanten Germany and is buried at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands.
1st Battalion - B Company - Essex Scottish Regiment Enlisted 13 January 1943 – KIA 8 March 1945 19 years old Submitted by Les & Jim Morris (Brother - Uncle) Leading Aircraftman J. Leslie Morris
Branch 314
LAC – Groundcrew Servicing aircrafts
British Commonwealth Air Training Program 1942 - 1945
Submitted by Jim Morris (Father) Leading AircraftmanClinton J. McEvoy R111046
Served in England, France Belgium, Holland & Germany
Royal Canadian Air Force June 1941– October 1945
Submitted by Clint McEvoy Flight Sergeant Oliver James McEvoy R82840
Runnymede Cemetery, Killed in Action Surrey, UK September 29th, 1942
215 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force
Submitted by Clint McEvoy Robert GeorgeCollins
United States Navy
Submitted by May Collins (Husband) Telegraphist Stanley Mattison
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1944-1946
Submitted by Charles Morton & Ivy Mattison (Ivy’s Brother) Charles Morton
Merchant Navy – United Kingdom 1945-1954
Submitted by Charles Morton & Ivy Mattison (Charles) Private Isabelle Morton-Armstrong
Auxiliary Territorial Service 1938 - 1941
Submitted by Charles Morton & Ivy Mattison (Charles’ Sister) Doris Morton-Fraser
Ambulance Driver
Civil Defence (1938 – 1941) Women’s Land Army (1941 – 1945)
Submitted by Charles Morton & Ivy Mattison (Charles’ sister) Sergeant Charles Morton
Killed in an air raid. December 23, 1940 21 years service
1st / 8th (Ardwick) Btn, Manchester Regiment 1914 -1918 Served in Egypt, Gallipoli, France and Belgium Submitted by Charles Morton & Ivy Mattison (Charles’ father) Driver Thomas Mattison
Royal Army Service Corps 1939 -1945
Submitted by Charles Morton & Ivy Mattison (Ivy’s Father) Sapper George Morton
Served in France and Belgium
Royal Engineers 1914 -1918
Submitted by Charles Morton & Ivy Mattison (Charles’ uncle) Private George Backhurst
Served in Ireland, France and North Russia, United Kingdom
East Kent Regiment – 48th Highlanders of Canada 1916 -1919 1939 - 1945
Submitted by Charles Morton & Ivy Mattison (Charles’ stepfather) Sergeant Lorne Alexander McGill
17 Duke of York’s The Royal Canadian Hussars 3rd Canadian Infantry Division Submitted by Jean Lanouette (Barbara Matheson’s father) Master Corporal Keith Nelson Pillar CD 209685
Transport Command Royal Canadian Air Force 20 years service Submitted by Keith Pillar Major Allan Haan CD
Royal Canadian Air Force 22 years service
Submitted by Allan Haan Monica Whalen W308180
Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Major Ross Chamberlain
Served in : Italy United Kingdom South Africa North West Europe
Member of South Carleton Branch 314, Manotick
Royal Canadian Army 4 Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment 4 Princess Louise Dragoon Guards Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Lieutenant-Colonel D. L. Fromow
Pilot – Air Observation Post Royal Canadian Artillery
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) FlyingOfficer W. Jones 38997
Royal Canadian Air Force Transport Pilot
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Lieutenant -Commander Roy H. Kilborn
Member South Carleton Branch 314
Royal Canadian Navy Pilot
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) LACW Barbara Stewart (Fromow) 2022852
R.A.F. Watnall, Northinghamshire R.A.F. Stanmore, Middlesex
Royal Air Force Plotter
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Lieutenant N/S Helen Craig
On route to No.14 Canadian General Hospital
Canadian Nursing Sisters RCAMC
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Leading Airwoman Jean Brock 74234W
CFB Bagotville
Fighter Control Operator - Group 1
Royal Canadian Air Force 416 Squadron, Bagotville 1961 - 1963 Submitted by Jean Brock Dr. Dennis Osmond (Captain) P444056
Medical Centre - Regimental Depot
Medical Officer - The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps (U.K.) 1955-1957 Submitted by Dennis Osmond Major Clifford H. Moore CD
Orleans Branch 632
Governor General’s Foot Guards RCAF - RAF 17 years service Submitted by Paul Moore (Brother) Major Michael Anthony Calnan CD
Royal Canadian Artillery South Carleton Branch 314 Manotick Submitted by Michael Calnan Colonel Michael David Calnan CD
-Canadian Army Staff College; -GSO2 Operations, 1 British Division; -Commanded G Bty, 3 RCHA; -Commanded 1 RCHA in Germany; -Senior Staff Officer Operations, 4 Canadian mechanized Battle Group; -Commander, Base Shilo; - Director-General of Ammunitions 1987. President South Carleton Branch 314 Manotick Submitted by Michael Calnan Sergeant AlbertR195792 Spencer
Pictured on right Active with the Marquis in France (1943) The French Resistance
EVADER and ESCAPEE
Royal Canadian Air Force Rear Gunner
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Lieutenant–General Frank L. M. Burns
Distinguished Service Order
Mentionned In Dispatch
Commander of 1st Canadian Corps in Italy – WWII Commander of the United Nations Emergency Force in the Middle East, 1956-1959
Submitted by Audrey Renton (Rideau Township Archives) Captain Kathryne Fontaine
Served in Afghanistan April to October - 2009
5e Régiment d’artillerie légère du Canada
Submitted by Jean & Monique Lanouette Master Warrant Officer Harry Loop CD A56340
RCOC / RCIC / RCE Served in Britain and North West Europe 18 April 1941 – 22 July 1975 Submitted by Harry Loop Gun Sergeant Ralph Trafford G7396
Royal Canadian Artillery 19 January 1941 – 30 August 1946
Submitted by Ralph Trafford Flying Officer Douglas R. Graham
Navigator
Royal Canadian Air Force 1941 - 1945
Submitted by Douglas Graham Gérard Georges Paquette
Merchant Navy
Submitted by Monique Lanouette (Uncle) Leading Aircraftman Norman Hill
Royal Canadian Air Force 416 (F) Squadron – 2(F) Grostenquin, France 1953 - 1956 Submitted by Norman Hill Squadron Leader Edward White CD
Canadian Joint Staff Headquarters London, England 1960 - 1964
Royal Canadian Air Force Supply Officer 1939 - 1967 Submitted by Gary White (father) Colonel Frederick HarrisCD
Belgium Germany Served in : Korea Soviet Union (Military Attaché) Royal Canadian Signals 35 years service 1942-1945 / 1947-1978 Submitted by Joe Bahro (Friend) QMS (WO2) Clifford F. Keeler CD
Served in: - Canada - Iceland - United Kingdom - Continental Europe
Cameron Highlanders of Canada Enlisted 28 September, 1939 Died in service 12 April, 1959 Submitted by Jane Keeler (Father-in-law) Joseph Bahro CD
Aircraft Engine Technician 6 Repair Depot Search & Rescue Squadron Trenton, Ontario
Flight Crew Mechanic 410 Squadron Uplands, Ontario Branch #314
Royal Canadian Air Force 1951 - 1966
Submitted by Joe Bahro