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Military service
Service number:
C/46828
Age:
24
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
#4 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron
Birth:
December 11, 1919
Redpath, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
May 31, 1940
Montreal, Québec
Death:
July 27, 1944
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Block 4. Lot 35. Grave C.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Emile and Delisca Dessert, of Marcelin, Saskatchewan. Husband of Irene Dessert, of New Westminster, British Columbia.
The province of British Columbia honoured Pilot Officer Dessert by naming Dessert Lake in his honour.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Leon Albert Dessert
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Gravemarker
Grave of Pilot Officer C-46828 Leon Albert Dessert 1919-1944. Frazer View Catholic Section (St. Peter's)New Westminster BC Canada Block 4 Lot 35 Grave C -
Photo of Leon Albert Dessert
Photo of Pilot Officer C-46828 Leon Albert Dessert. IDed on back in old Ink "Leon Dessert Dec.43 Killed July 44" This photo was taken from an old Canadian Air Force Photo album from the estate of an Air Force officer. -
Photo of Leon Albert Dessert
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Photo of Leon Albert Dessert
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leon Albert Dessert
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leon Albert Dessert
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leon Albert Dessert
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leon Albert Dessert
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leon Albert Dessert
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leon Albert Dessert
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leon Albert Dessert
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leon Albert Dessert
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Leon Albert Dessert
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 290 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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NEW WESTMINSTER (ST. PETER'S) R. C. CEM. British Columbia, Canada
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