Military service
Service number:
A/4980
Age:
30
Rank:
Leading Steward
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Navy Reserve
Division:
H.M.C.S. Athabaskan
Birth:
October 18, 1913
Owen Sound, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 5, 1941
Death:
April 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 7.
Additional information
Son of William George and Rhoda Vair, of Owen Sound, Ontario; husband of Norma Elizabeth Vair, of St. Joseph's Island, Ontario. The province of Ontario honoured Leading Steward Vair by naming Vair Lake in his honour.
Digital gallery of Leading Steward James Alexander Vair
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Photo of JAMES ALEXANDER VAIR
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo
From Vol. 7 of the Ontario Canadian Legion Service Recognition Books. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Bio
From Vol. 7 of the Ontario Canadian Legion Service Recognition Books. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JAMES ALEXANDER VAIR
L- R James, William, Rohda and Allan. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of James Alexander Vair
Photo courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.
Digital gallery of
Leading Steward James Alexander Vair
Digital gallery of
Leading Steward James Alexander Vair
Digital gallery of
Leading Steward James Alexander Vair
Digital gallery of
Leading Steward James Alexander Vair
Digital gallery of
Leading Steward James Alexander Vair
Digital gallery of
Leading Steward James Alexander Vair
Digital gallery of
Leading Steward James Alexander Vair
Digital gallery of
Leading Steward James Alexander Vair
Digital gallery of
Leading Steward James Alexander Vair
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 467 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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