Oakville at War

    Served with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. Awarded two Distinguished Service Orders, for bravery at Dieppe in August 1942 and following the Rhineland Campaign in the winter of 1945. Had been woun

    Flight Sergeant killed in World War II. John is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll.

    In Boucherville, Quebec, 1942. Radio Navigator for the Royal Air Force Ferry Command.

    Wing Commander (pilot) with #10 North Atlantic Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland. Killed September 4, 1943, at the age of 31. John has no known grave; his name is inscribed on the Ottawa War Memorial, O

    Served in the Royal Canadian Army (4th Battalion).

    Lieutenant. Served overseas during World War I. Married Gertrude Winter in England in 1919, and returned with her to live in Oakville.

    Lieutenant with the Royal Air Force. Killed in World War I.

    Lieutenant with the 15th Battalion, 1st Canadian Division. Served as machine gunner during World War I.

    Served during World War I.

    Served during World War I.

    Enlisted with the 7th Battalion Canadian Infantry in Vancouver on August 1th, 1914, and went over with the first contingent. Cramp died of pneumonia at #14 General Hospital, England, on October 27, 1

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    Initially with the Royal Air Force, Kelley later transferred to the Medical Corps and worked overseas as an x-ray equipment operator until the end of World War I. Notes accompanying photographs of Ja

    Lieutenant with the 18th Battalion "A" Company, C.E.F. Enlisted at Welland, Ontario, in August 1914. Following the war, returned to Oakville to 'remarry' Grace Freestone, with whom he had secretly we

    With the Royal Flying Corps (Leaside), 1917-1918.

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    Served in the Canadian Infantry, 1914-1918.

    Served in the Canadian Infantry 1914-1918.

    Served with a Scottish Regiment, 1914-1918.

    Private with Royal Regiment of Canada,Third Canadian Battalion, 1919. Prisoner of war at Mecklenberg, Germany.