Powassan WW2

Service Number:

Age

Date

Pilot Officer Kenneth Norman Arthurs

86705

February 24, 1941

Date of Birth:

Force:

Airforce

Unit:

115 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command

Cemetery:

Pihen-les-Guines War Cemetery

Location:

Pas de Calais, France

Grave Ref:

1. F. 5.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=24602410&PIpi=102991387

Service Number:

Age

Date

Lieutenant RALPH BERNARD ARTHURS

CDN/10

July 11, 1944

Son of James Norman Arthurs

Date of Birth:

August 25, 1917

Force:

Army

Unit:

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Division:

5th

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMET

Location:

Calvados,France

Grave Ref:

XVIII. H. 15.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2331480

Service Number:

Age

Date

Private ROBERT JOHN BARRIE

D/71846

July 25 1944

Date of Birth:

October 9, 1914

Son of Robert and Mary A. Barrie, of Powassan, Ontario.

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Calvados,France

Grave Ref:

I. G. 10.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2331528

Service Number:

Age

Date

Private Ross Homer Beech

B/143965

September 24, 1944

Date of Birth:

May 4, 1920

Son of Percival Sidney and Martha Ann Beech, of Powassan, Ontario, Canada.

Force:

Army

Unit:

Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Cemetery:

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Italy

Grave Ref:

I, F, 29.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2077370

http://toeppner.ca/Holtforster-Oshell/imagepages/image125.html

Service Number:

Age

Date

David Bessette

B/155364

August 23 1944

Date of Birth:

December 2, 1922

Note: Not on Cenotaph, on Town list - Residence Alderdale

Force:

Army

Unit:

Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, R.C.I.C.

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Calvados, France

Grave Ref:

XX. H. 4.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2331584

Service Number:

Age

Date

Sergeant HARRY CLARKE BROTT

C/65423

April 15, 1945

Date of Birth:

September 26, 1918

Son of Henry Alonzo Brott and Sarah Ann Brott; husband of Ruth Eileen Brott, of Trout Creek.

Force:

Army

Unit:

Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C

Cemetery:

HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Netherlands

Grave Ref:

I. F. 14.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2226948

http://www.mygrandfatherswar.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Holten-11.jpg

Also on Trout Creek Cenotaph

Service Number:

Age

Date

Private ARTHUR JONATHAN BUCHANAN

B/46753

December 27, 1943

Date of Birth:

December 30. 1923

Son of Jonathan and Paulina Buchanan, of Port Loring, Ontario.

Force:

Army

Unit:

48th Highlanders of Canada

Cemetery:

MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Italy

Grave Ref:

III. H. 4.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2204068

Service Number:

Age

Date

Private Charles Laurel Buffy

B/132607

December 5, 1944

Date of Birth:

July 22, 1923

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Cemetery:

RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Italy

Grave Ref:

II. G. 7.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2222725

Nipissing Cenotaph

Service Number:

Age

Date

Flight Sergeant FRANK ALEXANDER DUFF

78406

July 13, 1942

Date of Birth:

May 15, 1919

Son of Peter A. Duff and Esther J. Duff, of South River, Ontario, Canada.

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

401 Sqdn.

Cemetery:

VILLENEUVE-ST. GEORGES OLD COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Location:

Val de Marne,France

Grave Ref:

Grave 113B.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2234641

Service Number:

Age

Date

Flt. Sgt. Allen R. Elliott

J/88667

August 14, 1944

Date of Birth:

February 28, 1918

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force Division

Division:

407 Sqdn

Cemetery:

Runnymede Memorial Surrey

Location:

United Kingdon

Grave Ref:

Panel 250

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/1269531

Service Number:

Age

Date

FIELD OFFICER ROSS ORVAL ELLSMERE

J/24075

May 4, 1944

Date of Birth:

April 15, 1922

Son of Capt. George J. Ellsmere and Agnes E. Ellsmere, of North Bay, Ontario.

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

97 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Cemetery:

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Calvados,France

Grave Ref:

VIII. B. 10.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2063147

http://collectionscanada.ca/obj/001056/f2/e/sww-27465-ellsmere-ross_orval-j24075.pdf

Service Number:

Age

Date

Private JOHN HENRY FISCHER

B/625227

April 29, 1945

Date of Birth:

Son of Henry and Catherine Fischer; husband of Cecile Fischer, of Trout Creek, Ontario.

Force:

Army

Unit:

Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.

Cemetery:

HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Netherlands

Grave Ref:

VII. B. 11.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2227217

http://toeppner.ca/Holtforster-Oshell/imagepages/image128.html

Also on Trout Creek Cenotaph

Service Number:

Age

Date

PRIVATE EDWIN WILLIAM FRASER

D/71867

August 10, 1944

Date of Birth:

January 9, 1919

Son of Willis T. and Norah I. Fraser, of Powassan, Ontario.

Force:

Army

Unit:

Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMET

Location:

Calvados,France

Grave Ref:

XIII. A. 11.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2332297

http://toeppner.ca/Holtforster-Oshell/imagepages/image129.html

Service Number:

Age

Date

Flying Officer JOHN ALEXANDER GLENN

J/36021

August 26, 1944

Date of Birth:

March 11, 1925

Son of Alexander and Nora Glenn, of Ferris, Ontario, Canada.

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

78 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Cemetery:

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

Location:

Surrey,United Kingdom

Grave Ref:

43. E. 9.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2666827

Service Number:

Age

Date

Private DANIEL ANGELO GOOLEY

B/21633

January 29, 1945

Date of Birth:

January 1, 1913

Son of James and Hannah Gooley, of Huntsville, Ontario.

Force:

Army

Unit:

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)

Cemetery:

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Netherlands

Grave Ref:

XVI. C. 8.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2663404

Service Number:

Age

Date

Sergeant JAMES ANDREW BRUCE GRAWBARGE

B/55540

October 10, 1944

Date of Birth:

June 18, 1918

Force:

Army

Unit:

Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Cemetery:

ADEGEM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Belgium

Grave Ref:

IV. A. 4.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2083050

Also on Nipissing Cenotaph

Service Number:

Age

Date

Lance Corporal CARL ORVILLE GUTJAHR

B/136862

August 12, 1944

Date of Birth:

September 20, 1924

Son of Albert and Olive C. Gutjahr, of South River, Ontario.

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Winnipeg Rifles

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Calvados,France

Grave Ref:

XI. A. 12.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2333304

Service Number:

Age

Date

Corporal JOSEPH FRANCIS KELLY

B/79546

September 27, 1944

Date of Birth:

May 28, 1912

Force:

Army

Unit:

Irish Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Cemetery:

CESENA WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Italy

Grave Ref:

III, G, 5.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/1713548

http://toeppner.ca/Holtforster-Oshell/imagepages/image131.html

Also on Trout Creek Cenotaph

Service Number:

Age

Date

PRIVATE HARVEY ABRAHAM LOXTON

B/148256

October 14, 1944

Date of Birth:

February 26, 1914

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Cemetery:

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Netherlands

Grave Ref:

8. F. 10.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2641993

http://toeppner.ca/Holtforster-Oshell/imagepages/image133.html

Service Number:

Age

Date

Private MANFORD ELNER LOXTON

B/148760

February 20, 1945

Date of Birth:

March 11, 1925

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.

Cemetery:

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Netherlands

Grave Ref:

XX. H. 1.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2231924

Service Number:

Age

Date

Flying Officer GEORGE DOUGALD MACRAE

J/25149

August 14, 1944

Date of Birth:

September 29, 1913

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

178 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Cemetery:

KRACOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY

Location:

Poland

Grave Ref:

Coll. grave 1. A. 8.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2193772

http://www.cottagecountrynow.ca/news-story/3611044-a-rock-of-remembrance-for-two-fallen-brothers/

Service Number:

Age

Date

Lance Coporal JAMIE DUNCAN MACRAE

B/146222

August 15, 1944

Date of Birth:

September 5, 1911

Son of Dougald John and Edna Eliza MacRae;

husband of Rena Elizabeth MacRae, of Ardberg, Ontario.

Force:

Army

Unit:

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Calvados,France

Grave Ref:

XIX. B. 6.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2334009

http://www.cottagecountrynow.ca/news-story/3611044-a-rock-of-remembrance-for-two-fallen-brothers/

Service Number:

Age

Date

Private HAROLD STEPHEN ODROWSKI

B/65930

August 8, 1944

Date of Birth:

March 18, 1917

Son of Michael and Elizebeth Odrowski;

husband of Eva Frances Odrowski, of Commanda, Ontario.

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Calvados,France

Grave Ref:

XII. B. 14.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2335149

http://toeppner.ca/Holtforster-Oshell/imagepages/image135.html

Also on Nipissing's cenotaph

Service Number:

Age

Date

Private MICHAEL THOMAS OWENS

B/132826

December 8, 1943

Date of Birth:

May 3, 1920

Son of Patrick W. and Maud Owens, of Powassan, Ontario.

Force:

Army

Unit:

48th Highlanders of Canada

Cemetery:

MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Italy

Grave Ref:

XI. E. 3.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2205036

Service Number:

Age

Date

Pilot Officer WILLIAM ARNOLD PARK

J/85817

January 27, 1944

Date of Birth:

October 26, 1911

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

426 Sqdn.

Cemetery:

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Germany

Grave Ref:

9. J. 28.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2760574

http://toeppner.ca/Holtforster-Oshell/imagepages/image136.html

Service Number:

Age

Date

Private VICTOR GEORGE PEEVER

B/20577

August 9, 1945

Date of Birth:

May 29, 1917

Son of George and Mildred Peever.

Force:

Army

Unit:

Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Cemetery:

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

Location:

Surrey, United Kingdom

Grave Ref:

59. D. 7.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2668061

Service Number:

Age

Date

Stephen Phillips

Name on Powassan Cenotaph

Force:

Unit:

Division:

Cemetery:

Location:

Grave Ref:

Service Number:

Age

Date

Thomas A. Rogers

Name Added to Powassan Cenotaph, not on town lis

Force:

Unit:

Division:

Cemetery:

Location:

Grave Ref:

Service Number:

Age

Date

Pilot Officer HARVEY MAURICE SCHADE

J/19379

December 4, 1943

Date of Birth:

January 8, 1924

Son of Walter and Mildred Irene Schade, of South River, Ontario, Canada.

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

429 Sqdn.

Cemetery:

SAGE WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Germany

Grave Ref:

14. A. 1.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2074117

http://lostaircraft.com/database.php?lang=en&mode=viewhistory&e=4928&changeset_id=1

Service Number:

Age

Date

Warrant Officer WILLIAM JAMES AUBREY SHAPTER

R/78148

August 6, 1942

Date of Birth:

July 14, 1914

Son of the Revd. P. Shapter and Maggie Kerr Shapter; husband of Dorothy Gertrude Shapter, of St. Thomas, Ontario.

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

207 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Cemetery:

UDEN WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Netherlands

Grave Ref:

4. H. 7.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2766032

http://www.lostaircraft.com/database.php?lang=en&mode=viewhistory&e=4507&changeset_id=1

Service Number:

Age

Date

Flying Officer DONALD JOHN SHAPTER

J/35505

July 14, 1944

Son of the Revd. Charles P. Shapter and Margaret M. Shapter; husband of Elizabeth Jean Shapter, of Toronto, Ontario.

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

403 Sqdn.

Cemetery:

ST. LAMBERT CHURCHYARD

Location:

Calvados,France

Grave Ref:

Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2633614

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/raf1944/2/shapterdonald.html

Service Number:

Age

Date

Rifleman BERNARD TRUE

B/115909

July 4, 1944

Son of Mary L. Wice, of Powasson, Ontario.

Force:

Army

Unit:

Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C

Cemetery:

BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Location:

Calvados,France

Grave Ref:

IX. G. 16.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/2060402

http://toeppner.ca/Holtforster-Oshell/imagepages/image139.html