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Son of John Brehaut and Beatrice Livingstone of Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island.
Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.
Digital gallery of Sergeant George Lester Brehaut
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Sergeant George Lester Brehaut
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Sergeant George Lester Brehaut
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Sergeant George Lester Brehaut
George Lester Brehaut is seen here posing with his training classmates in Fredericton, New Brunswick.<P> Front row from left: Malcolm MacConnell, Elmer Gesner, Dawson Dunlop, Grant Graham, George Brehaut.<P> Back row from left: Bob Johnston, Stan Kelly.<P>
Malcolm MacConnell, author of A Bomber Boy, is seen here standing on the far left of the group.<P>
Photo courtesy of Malcolm MacConnell.
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Sergeant George Lester Brehaut
Photo coutesy of John S. Brehaut
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Lester Brehaut
Photo coutesy of John S. Brehaut
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Sergeant George Lester Brehaut
Inscription on Family Gravemarker in Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island.<P>
Photo courtesy of John S. Brehaut
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Lester Brehaut
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Lester Brehaut
Photo courtesy of David Loosely, England.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Lester Brehaut
Photo courtesy of David Loosely, England.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Lester Brehaut
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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George Lester Brehaut is seen here posing with his training classmates in Fredericton, New Brunswick.<P> Front row from left: Malcolm MacConnell, Elmer Gesner, Dawson Dunlop, Grant Graham, George Brehaut.<P> Back row from left: Bob Johnston, Stan Kelly.<P> Malcolm MacConnell, author of A Bomber Boy, is seen here standing on the far left of the group.<P> Photo courtesy of Malcolm MacConnell.
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Photo coutesy of John S. Brehaut
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Photo coutesy of John S. Brehaut
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Inscription on Family Gravemarker in Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island.<P> Photo courtesy of John S. Brehaut
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Photo courtesy of David Loosely, England.
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Photo courtesy of David Loosely, England.
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 257 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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