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Name:
Leonard Arthur Dow
Rank:
Private
Service No:
G/32177
Regiment/Service:
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, RCIC
Date of Birth:
April 2, 1921
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Date of Enlistment:
September 3, 1939
Place of Enlistment:
St. John, New Brunswick
Address at Enlistment:
16 Summer St., West St. John, NB
Previous Military:
St. John Fusiliers (M.G.) (Active Militia) May 25, 1938
Age at Enlistment:
18
Height: 5 feet 4 ¾ inches
Weight: 144 lbs.
Complexion: Medium
Eyes:
Brown
Hair: Dark Brown
Trade:
Carpenter
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Church of England
Next of Kin:
Leonard Robert Dow (Father) West St. John, NB
Date of Death:
July 25, 1943
Age at Death:
22
Cemetery:
Agira Canadian War Cemetery, Sicily
Grave Reference:
A, A, 8.
Commemorated on Page 154 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on March 31
(Not listed on the Yarmouth War Memorial)
Leonard Arthur Dow was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, the son of Leonard and Annie Dow. When Leonard was
3 year of age the family moved to St. John, NB. He completed three years of high school at the age of 16 and
worked as a carpenter for two years prior to his enlistment.
Between enlistment and October, 1942 he was stationed in St. John, NB and served with the St. John Fusiliers.
He went overseas arriving in the United Kingdom on October 7, 1942 and served there until July 10, 1943.
He was eventually assigned to the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, RCIC. and was serving in Sicily when
he was wounded in action and died from wounds on July 25, 1943.
Leonard Arthur Dow