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Remembering World War II
Louis Phillip Theriault
Flying Officer
J/13595
414 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
August 14, 1919
Digby, Nova Scotia
September 17, 1941
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Water St., Digby, Nova Scotia
22
5 feet, 4 inches
Dark
Brown
Black
Office Clerk/Sub Agent Wagner Tours
Roman Catholic
Single
Mary Laura Theriault (Mother) Digby, NS
August 21, 1943
24
Reau Communal Cemetery, Seine-et-Marne, France
N/A
Commemorated on Page 219 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on May 10th
Louis Phillip Theriault was the son of James William Theriault (1887-1960) and Mary Laura (LeBlanc)
Theriault (1889-1956)of Digby, NS. He was brother of Mary Florence, Margaret (Peggy) Eugina, and
Ester.
He completed his grade 11 at the age of 17 and was then employed by Wagner Tours in Digby until his
enlistment in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His sport interests included softball, baseball and played on the
Junior hockey team for Digby. He also built model planes as a hobby and enjoyed hunting and fishing.
Louis completed basic training in Course #1 No 60 CIBTC in Yarmouth between October 10, 1940 and
November 8, 1940. He enlisted with the RCAF on September 17, 1941 and trained in Canada, receiving
his Pilot’s Flying Badge on August 29, 1942. He went overseas arriving in the United Kingdom on
November 30, 1942. He was assigned to No 41 Operational Training Unit on December 22, 1942, and to
414 Squadron, RCAF, on April 7, 1943.
On August 21, 1943, Louis participated in Operation Rhubarb flying a Mustang I (AM160) from RAF
Ashford, in Kent. The Squadron was flying defensive operations over the English Channel and on August
21st Flying Officer Theriault was on an operation over Paris, France, during the late afternoon when he
attacked and shot down a Ju88. His aircraft hit an obstruction and crashed. He was initially listed as
missing and presumed killed in action when he failed to return to the airfield at Ashford.
He was buried in the Reau Communal Cemetery, Seine-et-Marne, France.
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Flying Officer Theriault (back row standing, second from right)
