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Remembering World War II
Yarmouth Connections
Everett Reginald Gray
Rank:
Private
Service No:
F57558
Regiment/Service:
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Date of Birth:
March 11, 1917
Place of Birth:
Kemptville, Yarmouth Co., NS
Date of Enlistment:
September 17, 1943
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax, NS
Age at Enlistment:
26
Height: 5 feet, 2 ¾ inches
Weight: 114 lbs.
Eyes: Grey
Hair: Brown
Marital Status:
Single
Trade:
Farmer
Religion:
Baptist
Next of Kin:
Mrs. Lottie Gray (Mother) Kemptville, NS
A quiet young man of clean appearance and slight build, Everett was the son of Reginald Rozee Gray and Lottie Gray of
Kemptville, Nova Scotia, and brother of Victor, Edith, Amy, Helen and Carrie. He attended the Kemptville school, completing
grade 8 at the age of fourteen. He left school to work on the farm with his father. In the twelve years prior to his enlistment he
spent working on the family farm. He cut wood and drove a team of horses in the woods during winter months, and did the
repair work on the farm. Everett liked hunting, fishing, skating and swimming. His plan was to return to the farm in Kemptville
on completion of his military service.
He was taken on strength at No. 6 District Depot, Canadian Army at Halifax on September 18, 1943. He was admitted to
the Halifax Military Hospital on October 13, 1943 and discharged on November 9, 1943. He was granted Sick Furlough from
November 9 to December 6, 1943 and returned to No. 6 Depot until his transfer to Camp Borden, Ontario on February 10, 1944.
At Camp Borden, Everett began training for service with the Canadian Army Service Corps. On February 17, he was
admitted to the Camp Borden Military Hospital and transferred to Christie St. Hospital in Toronto, Ontario on April 4, 1944. He
was then transferred to Camp Hill Hospital, Halifax on April 28, 1944. He died of acute military tuberculosis on June , 1944.
His body was returned to Kemptville, Yarmouth Co., for burial in the Hatfield Memorial Cemetery.
Date of Death:
June 7, 1944
Age at Death:
27
Cemetery:
Kemptville (Hatfield Memorial Cemetery)
Nova Scotia, Canada
Grave Reference:
Plot 70. Grave 1.
Commemorated on page 321 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
This page is displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on July 7
Not listed on the Yarmouth War Memorial
Sources and Information:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Veterans Affairs Canada
Everett Reginald Gray
Wartime Heritage Photo - 2016