Pierre Paul Enée Bordeleau Leading Aircraftman K/274558 Royal Canadian Air Force November 19, 1925 Ottawa, Ontario September 9, 1943 No. 12 RCAF Recruiting Centre, Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa, Ontario 17 5 feet, 9 inches Medium Hazel Black Single Craftsman Roman Catholic Énée Bordeleau (Father) September 28, 1944 18 Notre Dame R C Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario Plot 2755, Section L

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Pierre Paul Énée Bordeleau was the son of Joseph Homere Énée Bordeleau (b. 1903) and Laurette (Joly) Bordeleau (b. 1893), of Ottawa, Ontario, and the brother of Alexandre Bordeleau, Laurent Bordeleau, Joseph Jacques Bernard Bordeleau, Denise Bordeleau, Ghislaine Bordeleau and Suzanne Bordeleau. His brother Laurent Bordeleau (Service No. C/123849) served as a Private in the Canadian Army in WWII and trained at the A12 Canadian Infantry Training Centre (CITC) at Camp Farnham in Farnham, Quebec. A second brother, Corporal Joseph Bordeleau, served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and tragically, died on October 6, 1944. Prior to his RCAF enlistment, Pierre served with the 141 Squadron of the Air Cadets and worked as a press operator at the Royal Canadian Mint. At enlistment, his list of sports interests was extensive – he enjoyed football, hockey, baseball, softball, lacrosse, boxing, wrestling, and acrobatics. His hobbies included singing and photography. Pierre was assigned to RCAF Station St. Hubert in Quebec, but he was a convalescing patient at RCAF Trenton in September of 1944. Pierre accidentally drowned in the Bay of Quinte on the northern shore of Lake Ontario near RCAF Station Trenton, in Quinte West, Ontario. Leslie, along with Australian Sergeant Charles Bussetell, took out a canoe from the RCAF’s Marine Section pier. The canoe rolled over and capsized throwing both men into the water, and despite Sergeant Bussetell’s attempts, Pierre lost his life in the lake. His body was recovered on October 7, 1944, and interred at the Notre Dame Roman Catholic Cemetery in his hometown of Ottawa.