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March 2023
New WWII Remembrance Page Elmer Bird Havener (Yarmouth Connection) Second Lieutenant 394th Fighter Squadron, 367th Fighter Group United States Army Air Force Date of Death: April 24, 1945 Age: 22 (Added March 2, 2023) New WWII Story Raymond Thomas Voss Welder Civilian Technical Corps Date of Death: June 2, 1943 Age: 26 (Added March 5, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Thomas Standing (Cape Breton) Private West Nova Scotia Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps Date of Death: July 7, 1945 Age: 34 (Added March 6, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Robert Gray MacDonald Flight Sergeant 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death: March 12, 1943 Age: 26 (Added March 6, 2023) New WWII Story Wartime Memories Bonnie van der Meulen-Hiddema The Liberation of Groningen (Added March 6, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page (RCAF) Richard Clement Powell (British Columbia) Aircraftman Second Class R/210550 Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death: March 9, 1943 Age: 18 (Added March 9, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Alfred Hubert Lorenzo Poirier (Richmond Co., NS) Lieutenant Royal Canadian Regiment Date of Death: October 17, 1944 Age: 26 (Added March 9, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page (Non-Nova Scotian WWII Casualties Buried in Nova Scotia) Gordon William Coe Able Seaman (DEMS Gunner) Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship, HMS President III, British Royal Navy Date of Death: March 5, 1943 Age: 21 (Added March 9, 2023) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Dixon, Lorne Emerson Corporal Eastern Air Command Marine Squadron, Dartmouth NS Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death: February 18, 1944 Age: 21 (Added March 12, 2023) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Walter Angus Sabean (Yarmouth Co.) Private Royal Canadian Army Service Corps Date of Death: July 6, 1943 Age: 22 (Added March 12, 2023) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Douglas Roger Parker (b. Yarmouth, NS) Flying Officer 407 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death: September 27, 1943 Age: 23 (Added March 13, 2023) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Harold Melville Rogers (b. Yarmouth, NS) Flying Officer 421 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death: April 3, 1943 Age: 28 (Added March 13, 2023) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Leonard Arthur Dow (b. Yarmouth, NS) Private Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, RCIC Date of Death: July 25, 1943 Age: 22 (Added March 14, 2023) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Emile Joseph Roy Comeau (b. Yarmouth Co., NS) Private 48th Highlanders of Canada Date of Death: December 15, 1943 Age: 22 (Added March 15, 2023) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Frederick Michael Holobow Warrant Officer Class I 489 (R.N.Z.A.F.) Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death: April 13, 1943 Age: 21 (Added March 15, 2023)
April 2023
New WWII Remembrance Page John Jeremiah Boudreau (b. Yarmouth NS) Leading Seaman Royal Canadian Navy Reserve HMCS Raccoon Date of Death: September 7, 1942 Age: 32 (Added March 16, 2023) Non-Nova Scotian WWII Casualties Buried in Nova Scotia New Names added: March 16, 2023 Sigurd Yggeseth, Engineer SS Lago, Norwegian Merchant Navy b. Norway d. Yarmouth NS (illness) May 9, 1940 Aged 49 Inglessis, Charilaos, Engineer Greek Merchant Navy b. Athens, Greece d. Yarmouth NS (illness) February 9, 1945, Aged 46 Updated WWII Remembrance Page SS St Malo Lost on October 12, 1940, torpedoed by U-101 (10 Nova Scotia seaman lost) Photo: Carmen Richards/news clip added (Updated March 16, 2023) Updated WWII Remembrance Page HMCS Athabaskan Lost on April 29, 1944, (Photos and casualty information added) (Updated March 16, 2023) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Leo Francis Toney (Kings Co.) Private South Saskatchewan Regiment Date of Death: April 7, 1945 Age: 21 (Added March 17, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Boyd Allison Dakin (b. Kings Co. NS) Flight Sergeant 415 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death: June 28, 1942 Age: 21 (Added March 18, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Elmont Gasper Prest (b. Halifax Co. NS) Flying Officer 415 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death: August 18, 1943 Age: 29 (Added March 20, 2023) New WWII Story WWII Nova Scotia DEMS Gunners Casualties Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship Gunners (Added March 25, 2023)
New WWII Remembrance Page Kenneth Leaman Lewis Private First Class C Battery, 60th Coast Artillery Regiment (Anti Aircraft), Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, US Army Date of Death: December 14, 1944 Age: 25 (Added April 1, 2023) Updated WWI Article - Story Archive Remembering Vimy Ridge April 9, 2023 will be the 106th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. updated names of wounded Yarmouth Co., NS soldiers. (Added April 2, 2023) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Joseph Omar Asseff (Victoria Co., NS) Private Royal Canadian Infantry Corps Date of Death: April 13, 1941 Age: 22 (Added April 2, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Wilfred Dean Coolen (b. Fox Point, Lunenburg Co., NS) Private 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, US Army Date of Death: September 22, 1944 Age: 28 (Added April 3, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Neil Duff McSween Corporal 182nd Infantry Regiment, Americal Division, US Army Date of Death: December 27, 1943 Age: 27 (Added April 4, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Philip Douglas Quinlan Seaman First Class USS Juneau (CL-52), US Navy Date of Death: November 13, 1942 Age: 20 (Added April 6, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Carleton LeRoy Feener Technical Representative Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co., Mission with British and US Army Air Force Date of Death: November 20, 1944 Age: 24 (Added April 8, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page John Delmont Rogers Electrician's Mate First Class USS Runner (SS-275), US Submarine Force, US Navy Date of Death: July 11, 1943 Age: 24 (Added April 8, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Lawrence Holmes Flynn Sergeant Company C, 1st Marine Raider Battalion Edson’s Raiders), United States Marine Corps Date of Death: July 9, 1943 Age: 22 (Added April 12, 2023) Updated WWII Remembrance Page Those with Nova Scotian Connection Killed in Action June 6, 1944 (Added April 13, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Robert Wilson Hickson Private Company B, 1st Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, US Army Date of Death: June 6, 1944 Age: 26 (Added April 13, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Leroy Elmer Brown Private First Class 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) Merrill’s Marauders, US Army Date of Death: April 1, 1944 Age: 22 (Added April 13, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Malcolm Roy Edgar Day Metcalfe (b. Glace Bay, Cape Breton) Flight Sergeant 408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death: May 5, 1943 Age: 19 (Added April 14, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Edward Jensen (Lunenburg) Captain Sailing Vessel Angelus Canadian Merchant Navy Date of Death: May 19, 1943 Age: 42 (Added April 14, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Currie Boland Morris Seaman Second Class USS Abner Read (DD-526), United States Navy Reserve Date of Death: August 18, 1943 Age: 23 (Added April 16, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Howard Thomas Burns First Lieutenant Marine Fighting Squadron 111, Marine Aircraft Group 31, 4th Marine Base Defense Aircraft Wing, United States Marine Corps Date of Death: July 7, 1944 Age: 23 (Added April 16, 2023) Updated WWII Remembrance Page George Patrick Ivon Goodin Company F, 354th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, US Army Date of Death: April 20, 1944 Age: 24 (Added April 22, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Kenneth David Nicol Second Lieutenant 404th Bomber Squadron, 28th Bomber Group (Heavy) 11th Air Force, United States Army Air Forces Date of Death: November 18, 1943 Age: 23 (Added April 22, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Roderick Lee Nicol Private First Class Company A, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Division, US Army Date of Death: July 7, 1944 Age: 21 (Added April 22, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Paul James Connery Private First Class Company M, 3rd Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, United States Marine Corps Reserve Date of Death: December 15, 1943 Age: 21 (Added April 24, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Alec Monroe Sim Second Lieutenant Company C, 1st Marine Corps Raider Battalion (Edson’s Raiders), United States Marine Corps Reserve Date of Death: July 20, 1943 Age: 23 (Added April 25, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Edgar Percy Beaver Flight Officer 885th Bomb Squadron (Heavy), Special Operations, 15th Air Force, USAAF Date of Death: December 23, 1944 Age: 23 (Added April 27, 2023) New WWII Remembrance Page Allan MacMillan Morton Lieutenant Junior Grade Naval Aviation, United States Naval Reserve Date of Death: October 14 , 1944 Age: 23 (Added April 27, 2023)