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In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Joseph Leo Laurier Maynard

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Military service

Service number: 23581
Age: 33
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF Station Comox
Birth: April 21, 1919
Enlistment: October 1, 1946 Montreal, Québec
Death: November 24, 1952

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Plot M3412, Row 1, Grave 24
Additional information

Son of Andre and Bertha Maynard of Dunham, Quebec. Husband of Paulette Maynard. Father of Denise, Francine, Suzanne Maynard. Brother of Marcel, Roger, Pierre, Francois Maynard, Anita Girard, Juliette Quellet, Georgette English, Louise, Lillie, Monique, Jaqueline and Jeanine. A Lancaster Cairn Ceremony will be held at Base Comox Air Park on 1 June 2008 to honour the 7 crewmembers who lost their lives when Lancaster KB940 crashed at Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Station Comox on 24 November 1952. Family members from across Canada as well as members of the 407 Squadron, VIP and the press are invited to the ceremony.

Additional citations

General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 26 of the In the Service of Canada, Vol. I (1947 – 2014) Book of Remembrance.
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