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Leslie Arthur Peers

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur Peers

July 14, 1944
Hautes-Pyrénées, France

Military Service


Service Number:

J/85070

Age:

27

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

624 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Born:

May 1, 1917
Chatham, Ontario

Enlistment:

May 12, 1941
Windsor, Ontario

Son of Jeptha and Earlie Peers, of Chatham, Ontario. Husband of Shirley Eileen Peers, of Chatham, Ontario.

Alternative Commemoration - buried in Pic-de-Douly Isolated Burial Ground.

Commemorated on Page 414 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

HAUT NISTOS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hautes-Pyrénées, France

Grave Reference:

Memorial Plaque

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Memorial to Leslie Arthur Peers
  • Photo of LESLIE ARTHUR PEERS– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Leslie Arthur Peers– This is the last known picture of Leslie Arthur Peers (centre) and his crew.
  • Photo of Leslie Arthur Peers– From the book; …and they never came back. The story of the C. V. S (Chatham Vocational School) students who fought and died in World War 11. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me, with the permission of the author Peter N. Stanojevic.

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