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Corporal Dennis Winston Clements

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Military service

Service number: SG68820
Age: 27
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Birth: February 28, 1941 Bridgetown, Nova Scotia
Enlistment: August 10, 1959 New Brunswick
Death: May 8, 1968 CFB Petawawa, Ontario

Burial/memorial information

SAINT JOHN (CEDAR HILL) CEMETERY
Grave reference: Grave # 246, Field of Honour
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Son of Isaac William Clements of Saint John, New Brunswick and Evelyn May (nee Lucan) Clements of Montreal, Quebec. Husband of Dorothy Priscilla (nee Carriful) Clements of Petawawa, Ontario. Brother of Joan, Richard and Eric. A Commemorative Ceremony was held at Wegner Point on 11 May 2008 to honour the seven fallen paratroopers who drowned in 1968 during a para drop exercise at CFB Petawawa. Close to 100 guests, most in uniform, attended the Ceremony gathered around the Memorial Cairn. Several family members of the deceased were present for the Ceremony.

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Service in Canada (1867 – present)

SAINT JOHN (CEDAR HILL) CEMETERY New Brunswick, Canada

Manawagonish Road.

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