Lorne Thomas Moyes Aircraftman 2nd Class R/269912 No 1 “M” Depot; Royal Canadian Air Force July 22, 1925 (Actual 1926) Hamilton, Ontario August 27, 1943 Hamilton Ontario Hamilton, Ontario 18 (Actual 17) 5 feet, 9¾ inches Medium Blue Brown Single Spray Painter Anglican Muriel May Moyes (Mother) Hamilton, Ontario September 12, 1943 17 Hamilton (Woodland) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Sec. 7. Row 5. Grave 76. Aircraftman 2nd Class Lorne Thomas Moyes was taken on strength at No 1 “M” Depot on August 27, 1943. On September 12, 1943, while off duty, he was in a canoe in Hamilton Bay in Lake Ontario when it capsized and he was thrown into the water. He grasped the canoe for a short time but finally relinquished his grasp and sank into the water resulting in death by drowning. His body was recovered from Hamilton Bay on September 13, 1943.

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