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MAY 2022 440 Production: Time to Remember: the British Tour of 2004 (Posted May 1, 2022) New WWII Photo Remembrance Page Nolan Butts (Cape Breton) Warrant Officer Class II Royal Canadian Air Force (196 Squadron) Died: October 17, 1943 (Posted May 5, 2022) New WWII Photo Remembrance Page Francis Allen Aspinall (Halifax) Flight Sergeant Royal Canadian Air Force Died: May 23, 1944 (Posted May 5, 2022) New WWII Photo Remembrance Page Kenneth Charles George Bourne (Halifax) Flight Sergeant Royal Canadian Air Force Died: May 4, 1943 (Posted May 5, 2022) New WWII Photo Remembrance Page Eric Patrick Boutilier (Halifax) Pilot Officer Royal Canadian Air Force (432 Squadron) Died: May 23, 1944 (Posted May 5, 2022) New WWII Photo Remembrance Page Joseph Brissenden (Halifax) Sergeant Royal Canadian Air Force Died: May 15, 1941 (Posted May 5, 2022) New WWII Photo Remembrance Page Willis Eugene Spinks (Brooklyn, Queens Co., NS) Flight Sergeant Royal Canadian Air Force Died: June 22, 1944 (Posted May 12, 2022) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Arthur Raymond Hayes (Yarmouth, NS) Leading Aircraftman Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death: June 15, 1943 Age at Death: 19 (Posted May 12, 2022) New WWI Remembrance Page (Story Archive WWI) William Albanie (Albany) Comeau (b. Church Point, NS) Headquarters Detachment of the 101st Supply Train, of the 26th Division (The Yankee Division). (Posted May 14, 2022) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Lloyd Newton Skinner (Yarmouth, NS) Pilot Offier Royal Canadian Air Force (407 Squadron) Date of Death: May 15, 1942 Age at Death: 20 (Posted May 14, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page Baxter Prescott Humby (Cape Breton) Private North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, R.C.I.C. Date of Death: March 26, 1945 Age at Death: 18 (Posted May 15, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page Malcolm Stewart Edwards (Cape Breton) Private North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C. Date of Death: June 9, 1944 Age at Death: 20 (Posted May 16, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page John Neil MacLellan (Victoria Co.) Private Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.. Date of Death: August 19, 1942 Age at Death: 28 (Posted May 24, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page Alvin Ross Cormier (Cumberland Co.) Private Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C Date of Death: August 19, 1942 Age at Death: 22 (Posted May 24, 2022) Updated WWII Remembrance Page James Anthony Duggan (Antigonish Co.) Private Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, R.C.I.C. Date of Death: August 19, 1942 Age at Death: 27 (Posted May 24, 2022) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Lewis Robley Graham (Cape Breton Co.) Sergeant Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, R.C.I.C. Date of Death: August 19, 1942 Age at Death: 35 (Posted May 24, 2022) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Austin Joseph Rhynard (Cape Breton Co.) Private Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C. Date of Death: August 19, 1942 Age at Death: 22 (Posted May 24, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page William John Lake (Halifax Co.) Private Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C. Date of Death: August 19, 1942 Age at Death: 21 (Posted May 24, 2022) Updated Story Archive WWII Page Remembering Dieppe (August 19, 1942) (Posted May 24, 2022) Updated Story Archive WWII Page Pacific and Far East Campaign Casualties from Nova Scotia (Posted May 25, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page James Nelson Cook (Colchester Co.) Sergeant 172nd Infantry Regiment, 43rd Division, US Army Date of Death: July 27, 1943 Age at Death: 22 (Posted May 27, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page Claude Hardy (Victoria Co.) Fireman/Trimmer SS Grayburn (London, England) Canadian Merchant Navy Date of Death: June 29, 1941 Age at Death: 20 (Posted May 27, 2022)
APRIL 2022 Updated WWII Remembrance Page Francis McDonald (Cape Breton) Fireman, SS St. Malo, (Canadian Merchant Navy) Date of Death: October 12, 1940 Age at Death: 20 (Posted April 30, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page Jack Fong (Hants Co., NS) Assistant Steward, MV Afrika (Glasgow) Canadian Merchant Navy Date of Death: February 7, 1943 Age at Death: 20 (Posted April 30, 2022) 12 Canadian Merchant Navy Names Added to WWII Casualties Nova Scotia (Posted April 30, 2022) NAME: Adamson, Russell Clannon, James Benedict Clannon, Peter Martin Cossar, John Crouse, Donald Fitzmaurice, Edward Norman Fong, Jack Goving, George Harvey, Basil Morris MacDonald, Dan Allister Murray MacKenzie, John Alexander McDonald, Edward
SERVICE SHIP: SS Albert Le Borgne (France) Canadian Merchant Navy MV Montrolite (Montreal) Canadian Merchant Navy MV Montrolite (Montreal) Canadian Merchant Navy SS Lord Calvin SS Vancouver Island (Montreal) Canadian Merchant Navy SS Nereus (Montreal) Canadian Merchant Navy SS Afrika (Glasgow) Canadian Merchant Navy SS West Portal (San Francisco, USA) Merchant Navy SS Nereus (Montreal) Canadian Merchant Navy SS Watuka (Pictou, Nova Scotia) Canadian Merchant Navy SS William P. Coleman (US) Canadian Merchant Navy SS Trawler Ebb
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JUNE 2022 New WWII Photo Remembrance Page Lost on the SS Mont Louis Harold William Bagnell (Merchant Navy) John Alexander MacIntyre (Merchant Navy) Died: May 8, 1942 (Posted June 1, 2022) New: WWII United States Casualties with Connection to Nova Scotia (Posted June 4, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page Alexander Hugh Gillis (Inverness Co.) Machinist’s Mate, 2nd Class USS Northhampton, US Navy Date of Death: December 1, 1943 Age at Death: 22 (Posted June 5, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page Leonard Clifton Hunt (Inverness Co.) Staff Sergeant 675th Bomber Squadron (Dauntless Demons), 417th Bombardment Group, USAAF Date of Death: January 11, 1945 Age at Death: 33 (Posted June 5, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page Claude Malcolm Davis (Colchester Co.) Staff Sergeant 366th Bomber Squadron, 305th Heavy Bomber Group, USAAF Date of Death: August 17, 1943 Age at Death: 19 (Posted June 5, 2022) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Harry William Doucette (Yarmouth Co.) Private North Nova Scotia Highlanders Date of Death: March 25, 1945 Age at Death: 19 (Posted June 7, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page William David Morton (Yarmouth) Private 29th Infantry Training Battalion, US Army Date of Death: May 15, 1943 Age at Death: 21 (Posted June 7, 2022) Korean War Casualties with connection to Nova Scotia 3 Names Added: Allen, Ace (Cumberland) 40th Infantry Division Headquarters Company, US Army Jollymore , Lovell Philip (Cape Breton) 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army Spence, Donald Banford (Cape Breton) 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army (Posted June 8, 2022) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Everett Gray (Yarmouth Co.) Private Royal Canadian Army Service Corps Date of Death: June 7, 1944 Age at Death: 27 (Posted June 8, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page Wilfred Angus McDaniel (Colchester Co.) Technician 5th Grade 3850th Quartermaster Truck Company, 73rd Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile, Quartermaster Corps, US Army Date of Death: August 14, 1944 Age at Death: 41 (Posted June 9, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page Cyril Joseph Rudolph (Cape Breton) Private First Class 188th Port Company (A Co.),488th Port Battalion, Transportation Corps, US Army Date of Death: February 7, 1944 Age at Death: 20 (Posted June 9, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page William Sewell Balfe (Halifax) Second Lieutenant 9th Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group,10th Air Force, USAAF Date of Death: November 25, 1943 Age at Death: 26 (Posted June 9, 2022) New Korean War Casualty Page Identified casualties with connection to Nova Scotia who were killed in action, died of wounds received in action, or died of other causes. (Posted June 11, 2022) New Korean War Remembrance Page Keith Joseph Harview (Colchester Co., NS) Corporal 93rd Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, US Air Force Died: March 29, 1951 (Age 24) (Posted June 11, 2022) New Korean War Remembrance Page Ace Allen (Cape Breton) Second Lieutenant Company G, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, US Army Died: August 9, 1950 (Age 26) (Posted June 11, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page Robert James MacLean (Colchester) Shipfitter Second Class Naval Construction Force (Seabees), US Navy Date of Death: January 26, 1945 Age at Death: 24 (Posted June 18, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page Norman Joseph Gaudette (Digby) Private 398th Anti-Aircraft Artillery AW SP Battalion, (Automatic Weapons, Self Propelled) 14th Armored Division, US Army Date of Death: November 11, 1944 Age at Death: 34 (Posted June 18, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page Joseph Omar Asseff (Cape Breton) Private Royal Canadian Infantry Corps Date of Death: April 13, 1941 Age at Death: 22 (Posted June 18, 2022) New WWI Remembrance Page (Those Who Served, Yarmouth Town and County) James Adolphus Wood Private, 1st Depot Battalion, NS (Posted June 19, 2022) New WWII Remembrance Page Marshall Franklyn Swimm (Shelburne) Private First Class United States Marine Corps Date of Death: May 6, 194 Age at Death: 25 (Posted June 20, 2022)