Cameron Warren Odell Aircraftman First Class R/258407 Royal Canadian Air Force October 19, 1925 Shackleton, Saskatchewan July 9, 1943 RCAF Recruiting Centre, Calgary, Alberta Carstairs, Alberta 17 5 feet, 10¼ inches Medium Brown Black Single Student United Church Warren Isaac Odell (Father) August 11, 1944 18 Carstairs Cemetery, Carstairs, Alberta Lot 107, Row 6

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Cameron Warren Odell was the son of Warren Isaac Odell and Gladys Margaret (Adair) Odell, of Carstairs, Alberta, and the brother of Donald George Odell, Ronald Larry Odell, and Adair ‘Dearie’ Addaleen Odell. Cameron’s father was born in South Dakota, and his mother – in Sioux Falls, Minnesota. Cameron’s primary schooling was in Grand Prairie, Alberta from 1930-1940, and he attended high school at Atkins High in Cremona, Alberta from 1940-1943. When he was not at school, he worked on the farm with his father, and in his free time, he enjoyed model plane building, baseball, basketball, and swimming. After enlisting in July of 1943, Clarence was serving at the RCAF’s No. 15 Service Flying Training School (15 SFTS) in Claresholm, Alberta in the summer of 1944. He was serving as an Aero Engine Mechanic. Cameron’s friend and RCAF comrade, Arnold Henry Hanson (Service No. R/260821), were on leave from 15 SFTS when they journeyed to Alberta’s Waterton Lakes Park on August 10, 1944, and spent the night at camp there. The next day, on Friday, August 11th, they were on a hike with cameras in hand, exploring the Park and its Cameron Falls. With noon approaching and the pair remembering they had not eaten breakfast; they concluded the exploration of the Falls and the second pool around 11:30 am and began their descent. Tragically, Cameron met died in an accident when he slipped and fell into Cameron Falls. During the fall, he lost his footing, sustained a head injury, and drowned in a pool beneath the falls. His body was returned to his hometown of Carstairs, Alberta where it was interred at the Carstairs Cemetery.