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Ira Bertram Morehouse
Ira Bertram Morehouse
Aircraftman 2nd Class
R/124551
Royal Canadian Air Force
September 24, 1918
Little River, Digby Co.,NS
August 14, 1941
Halifax, NS
Yarmouth, NS
22
5 feet, 11 inches
Fair
Blue
Light Brown
Single
Fisherman
Baptist
Bernard Morehouse (Father) Little River, Digby Co., NS
October 30, 1941
23
Little River United Baptist Church Cemetery, Little River, NS
Commemorated on page 39 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on January 31
Ira Bertram Morehouse was the son of Bernard Lester Morehouse (1885-1963) and Lois E. (Trask)
Morehouse (1887- 1922) , of Little River, Digby Co., NS. He was the brother of Cecil and Eric Morehouse.
He completed grade ten at the Little River School in 1935. Prior to his enlistment he was fishing
with his father. He entered training at Camp 60 CABTC Yarmouth on July 31, 1941 and was released for
training with the RCAF on August 13, 1941.
On October 30, 1941, while training at No 1 Bombing and Gunnery School at Jarvis, Ontario he was
killed in a motorcycle accident while on an evening pass from base. He was a passenger on the
motorcycle when it left the road failing to negotiate a sharp turn in the road and overturned.
His remains was returned to Little River for burial.