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Military service
Service number:
R/76113
Age:
22
Rank:
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr.
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
21 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
June 22, 1920
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
October 23, 1940
Nova Scotia
Death:
November 6, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 69. Row D. Joint grave 2.
Additional information
Only child of Percy McQueen and Geraldine Evelyn (née Webster) Gardner of Brooklyn, Queen's County, Nova Scotia. Attended Liverpool High School, Nova Scotia from 1932 to 1939. He enjoyed field hockey, aquatic hunting and fishing. He was a Boy Scout for six years. He served Overseas from 17 September 1941 until his death. From a review of the Promotion of Personnel Deceased forms located on his file, he was promoted to Flight Sergeant effective 18 Febuary 1942 in a decision rendered 6 November 1942; promoted from his substantiative rank of Flight Sergeant effective 18 February 1942 and appointed to Warrant Officer II effective 1 November 1942 in a decision dated 6 November 1942.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 75 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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