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Elmer Norman Doane
Elmer Norman Doane
Lieutenant
West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C
December 10, 1919
Shelburne Co., NS
February 1, 1942
New Glasgow, NS
December 12, 1943
24
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery
V. A. 12.
Commemorated on page 154 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on March 31
Lieutenant
Doane was the son of William J. and Marion B. (Greenwood) Doane. He was a brother
of Kathryn Doane, She was a Lieutenant serving in Sicily, with the USMedical Corps.
When Elmer was ten years old his mother died and their father moved to Quincy, Massachusetts.
Elmer went with his father to live in Quincy and Kaye went to live in Shelburne with her maternal
grandparents.
Elmer served in the United States Home Guard
before joining the Canadian Army on February 1,
1942. He was promoted immediately to acting
sergeant and then to sergeant instructor on April 1,
1942. Elmer was posted to Brockville, Ontario and
promoted to Second Lieutenant on May 9, 1942 and
to Lieutenant on June 12, 1942.
He embarked for overseas on March 9, 1943. On
December 12, 1943, in an attempt to drive off the
German patrols during the advance on Ortono, Italy,
Lieutenant Doane was struck by a shell and died
instantly.