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New/Updated pages on the Website
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
NS CONNECTION:
Cape Breton
Richmond
Richmond
Halifax
Lunenburg
Halifax
Hants
Annapolis
Halifax
Victoria
Colchester
Richmond
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)