Oakville at War

    Private with the Lorne Scots. Served in Holland.

    Staff Sergeant, Corps Military Staff, Ottawa.

    Went overseas with a reinforcement unit. Served in Italy, France, and Holland.

    Lieutenant, killed in World War II. Charles is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll.

    Flight Sergeant (wireless operator air gunner), #405 City of Vancouver Squadron. Killed in action November 30, 1941, at the age of 23. Teddy has no known grave; his name is inscribed on the Runnymede

    Flying officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force; later attached to the Royal Air Force. In the position of Navigator, Albert flew on 41 bombing missions over France and Germany including D-Day, June

    Royal Canadian Air Force.

    Sergeant, Washington, D.C.

    Private, 1939-1945.

    Private in World War II.

    With the Queens Own Battalion Band.

    Corporal and then Sergeant with the Royal Air Force from 1940 to 1945. Attached to Royal Canadian Air Force #6 Bomber Command in the Medical Division.

    Civil Defence Ambulance Driver in England, 1942. Worked with the Mobile Hospital in Banstead, Surrey from 1940 to 1944.

    Flying Officer (pilot) with #99 Squadron. Killed in action October 13, 1940, at the age of 22. William has no known grave; his name is inscribed on the Runnymede War Memorial, Englefield Green, Egham

    Notes written by Roy Kelley accompanying this photograph are as follows: "Served with the Lorne Rifle Scottish Militia and obtained the rank of Sergeant in 1936. In 1940 he received his commission an

    Flight Lieutenant (bomb aimer), #405 City of Vancouver Squadron. Brother to John Beverley Kemp. Killed in action in August 1944 at the age of 24. Kenneth is buried in the Fourfelt Cemetery, Esbjerg,

    Flight Sergeant (pilot), #22 Operational Training Unit. Brother to Kenneth Donovan Kemp. Killed July 6, 1942, at the age of 21. John is buried in the Hereford Cemetery, Herefordshire, England. He is

    Tail Gunner with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Stationed in Newfoundland, 1940-1945.

    Flight Sergeant (observer), #1654 Conversion Unit. Killed in action September 17, 1942, at the age of 21. John is buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany. He is commemorated on t

    Formerly Marie Lang. Leading Air Woman for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Met husband Malcolm McDonald while in the service and returned with him to Oakville following the war.