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  • Royal Air Force No. 45 Atlantic Transport Group, Boucherville, Quebec
    Royal Air Force No. 45 Atlantic Transport Group, Boucherville, Quebec
    Imagecomment       Part of the Royal Air Force's Transport Command Group, which ferried aircraft, sometimes with personnel and cargo, to Britain during the Second World War.
    Imagecomment     Part of the Royal Air Force's Transport Command Group, which ferried aircraft, sometimes with personnel and cargo, to Britain during the Second World War.
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  • Remembrance Day 2005, George's Square, Oakville
    Remembrance Day 2005, George's Square, Oakville
    Imagecomment       From right to left standing between Lorne Scots personnel are Major Rolf Guenther (Salvation Army); Douglas Bramer (Legion Padre); Bill Shields, saluting (Poppy Chairman, The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 114); Mark Andrews, saluting (President, The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 114); Shirley Stacey, saluting (Vice President, The Royal Canadian Legion Branch …
    Imagecomment     From right to left standing between Lorne Scots personnel are Major Rolf Guenther (Salvation Army); Douglas Bramer (Legion Padre); Bill Shields, saluting (Poppy Chairman, The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 114); …
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  • Grave of Captain William Sinclair Tuck
    Grave of Captain William Sinclair Tuck
    Imagecomment       Captain William Sinclair Tuck of the 2nd Trench Mortar Battery was killed in action, October 30, 1916. Captain Tuck's body was interred at the military cemetery at Courcelles. He is mentioned in a despatch from General Sir Douglas Haig dated December 13, 1916, and published in the Second Supplement to …
    Imagecomment     Captain William Sinclair Tuck of the 2nd Trench Mortar Battery was killed in action, October 30, 1916. Captain Tuck's body was interred at the military cemetery at Courcelles. He is …
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  • Oakville High School Honour Roll 1939-1945
    Oakville High School Honour Roll 1939-1945
    Imagecomment       The Honour Roll commemorates Oakville servicemen William Archibald; Edward Ashbury; George Atkins; James Bedlington; Patrick Blackham; Lorne Bray; Nat. Buchanan; Roland Montgomery Bull; Ralph Emerson Featherstone; Arthur Butler; Jackson Cook; Richard Dowding; Laurie Dynes; Harry P. Farr; Bruce Fox; Charles Duncan Bremner Green; Charles Herson; Bill Marshall; Kenneth Kemp; John …
    Imagecomment     The Honour Roll commemorates Oakville servicemen William Archibald; Edward Ashbury; George Atkins; James Bedlington; Patrick Blackham; Lorne Bray; Nat. Buchanan; Roland Montgomery Bull; Ralph Emerson Featherstone; Arthur Butler; Jackson Cook; …
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  • Certificate of Honour awarded to Paul Edgar Parkin by the citizens of Hamilton, Ontario for service in the Second World War.
    Certificate of Honour awarded to Paul Edgar Parkin by the citizens of Hamilton, Ontario for service in the Second World War.
    Imagecomment       Certificates were issued to Hamilton military personnel by the city of Hamilton in April 1940. The certificates, signed by Mayor William Robert Morrison, were also issued as pocket-sized replicas to be carried by the soldiers. The replicas were designed to act as identification as well as serving as a binding …
    Imagecomment     Certificates were issued to Hamilton military personnel by the city of Hamilton in April 1940. The certificates, signed by Mayor William Robert Morrison, were also issued as pocket-sized replicas to …
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  • Grenville Roy Finch-Noyes
    Grenville Roy Finch-Noyes
    Imagecomment       With the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Onshore service in Halifax.
    Imagecomment     With the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Onshore service in Halifax.
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  • John Bruce Fox
    John Bruce Fox
    Imagecomment       Flight Sergeant (navigator) with #1659 Heavy Conversion Unit. Killed February 12, 1944, at the age of 26. John is buried in the Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. He is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll.
    Imagecomment     Flight Sergeant (navigator) with #1659 Heavy Conversion Unit. Killed February 12, 1944, at the age of 26. John is buried in the Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. He …
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  • Charles Duncan Bremner Green
    Charles Duncan Bremner Green
    Imagecomment       Awarded the Croix De Guerre. Squadron Leader, D.F.C., Royal Canadian Air Force. Killed October 3, 1941, at the age of 44. Charles is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. He is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll.
    Imagecomment     Awarded the Croix De Guerre. Squadron Leader, D.F.C., Royal Canadian Air Force. Killed October 3, 1941, at the age of 44. Charles is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. He is …
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  • Charles Herson
    Charles Herson
    Imagecomment       Lieutenant, killed in World War II. Charles is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll.
    Imagecomment     Lieutenant, killed in World War II. Charles is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll.
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  • "Teddy" Charles Edward Hillmer
    "Teddy" Charles Edward Hillmer
    Imagecomment       Flight Sergeant (wireless operator air gunner), #405 City of Vancouver Squadron. Killed in action November 30, 1941, at the age of 23. Teddy has no known grave; his name is inscribed on the Runnymede War Memorial, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, England. He is commemorated on the Oakville High School 1939-1945 …
    Imagecomment     Flight Sergeant (wireless operator air gunner), #405 City of Vancouver Squadron. Killed in action November 30, 1941, at the age of 23. Teddy has no known grave; his name is …
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  • William Edmund Norman Keller
    William Edmund Norman Keller
    Imagecomment       Flying Officer (pilot) with #99 Squadron. Killed in action October 13, 1940, at the age of 22. William has no known grave; his name is inscribed on the Runnymede War Memorial, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, England. He is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll.
    Imagecomment     Flying Officer (pilot) with #99 Squadron. Killed in action October 13, 1940, at the age of 22. William has no known grave; his name is inscribed on the Runnymede War …
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  • Kenneth Donovan Kemp
    Kenneth Donovan Kemp
    Imagecomment       Flight Lieutenant (bomb aimer), #405 City of Vancouver Squadron. Brother to John Beverley Kemp. Killed in action in August 1944 at the age of 24. Kenneth is buried in the Fourfelt Cemetery, Esbjerg, Denmark. He is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll.
    Imagecomment     Flight Lieutenant (bomb aimer), #405 City of Vancouver Squadron. Brother to John Beverley Kemp. Killed in action in August 1944 at the age of 24. Kenneth is buried in the …
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  • John Beverley Kemp
    John Beverley Kemp
    Imagecomment       Flight Sergeant (pilot), #22 Operational Training Unit. Brother to Kenneth Donovan Kemp. Killed July 6, 1942, at the age of 21. John is buried in the Hereford Cemetery, Herefordshire, England. He is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll.
    Imagecomment     Flight Sergeant (pilot), #22 Operational Training Unit. Brother to Kenneth Donovan Kemp. Killed July 6, 1942, at the age of 21. John is buried in the Hereford Cemetery, Herefordshire, England. …
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  • William Joseph Lawrence
    William Joseph Lawrence
    Imagecomment       Flight Sergeant (engineer) with #75 New Zealand Squadron. Killed December 16, 1942, at the age of 22. William is buried in the Newmarket Cemetery, Suffolk, England. He is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll.
    Imagecomment     Flight Sergeant (engineer) with #75 New Zealand Squadron. Killed December 16, 1942, at the age of 22. William is buried in the Newmarket Cemetery, Suffolk, England. He is commemorated on …
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  • Brothers Ken (left) and Peter (right) Marlatt
    Brothers Ken (left) and Peter (right) Marlatt
    Imagecomment       Private Peter Marlatt enlisted with the Canadian Infantry and transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force after the war. Ken Marlatt, Ward Officer, 1st Class, Royal Canadian Air Force, served as a flying instructor in Canada before going to England as a fighter pilot. Ken Marlatt died in an air …
    Imagecomment     Private Peter Marlatt enlisted with the Canadian Infantry and transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force after the war. Ken Marlatt, Ward Officer, 1st Class, Royal Canadian Air Force, served …
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  • Bill Marshall
    Bill Marshall
    Imagecomment       Pilot Officer killed in World War II. Bill Marshall is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll.
    Imagecomment     Pilot Officer killed in World War II. Bill Marshall is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll.
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  • Lloyd Nelson
    Lloyd Nelson
    Imagecomment       Lance Corporal (Driver of the Bren Gun Carrier). Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, 1940-1945.
    Imagecomment     Lance Corporal (Driver of the Bren Gun Carrier). Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, 1940-1945.
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  • Paul Parkin
    Paul Parkin
    Imagecomment       Private with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry from March 20, 1940, to August 27th, 1945. Prisoner of war at Dieppe on August 19, 1942, until August 1945.
    Imagecomment     Private with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry from March 20, 1940, to August 27th, 1945. Prisoner of war at Dieppe on August 19, 1942, until August 1945.
    Oakville Museum
  • Robert Nelson Perdue
    Robert Nelson Perdue
    Imagecomment       Flight Lieutenant (pilot) with #622 Squadron. Killed in action December 24, 1944, at the age of 26. Robert was buried in Grevenbroich, Germany, exhumed, and reburied in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany. He is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll.
    Imagecomment     Flight Lieutenant (pilot) with #622 Squadron. Killed in action December 24, 1944, at the age of 26. Robert was buried in Grevenbroich, Germany, exhumed, and reburied in the Reichswald Forest …
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  • Wallace Pickering
    Wallace Pickering
    Imagecomment       Gunner killed in World War II. Wallace is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1940 Honour Roll.
    Imagecomment     Gunner killed in World War II. Wallace is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1940 Honour Roll.
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