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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 11, 1919
Bassano, Alberta
Enlistment:
September 27, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
December 7, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. C. 8.
Additional information
Commemorated on the Athens Cenotaph.
Commemorated on the Phillips Electrical Works Limited Second World War Roll of Honour.
Digital gallery of Captain Leslie Mahlon Yates
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Entrance
Entrance - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Leslie Mahlon Yates
Leslie Mahlon Yates born Aug. 11, 1919, Leslie was promoted to Captain in 1942 under the Brockville Rifles. He was a member of reserve unit of Brockville Rifles. At that time he was recommended for a commission and graduated from the Officers Training Centre in Brockville following his graduation from Camp Borden he was attached to the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders. When the Brockville Rifles mobilized he transferred to his home unit and was stationed on the west coast for several months Nanaimo and Prince George B.C. Early in 1942 he volunteered for overseas duty and joined a reinforcement unit and arrived in England in Feb. 1943 and was posted to Hasting and Prince Edward Regement of Picton, Ontario. It was with that unit he went to Sicily. He was wounded Dec. 6, 1943 and died Dec. 7, 1943
Digital gallery of
Captain Leslie Mahlon Yates
Digital gallery of
Captain Leslie Mahlon Yates
Digital gallery of
Captain Leslie Mahlon Yates
Digital gallery of
Captain Leslie Mahlon Yates
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 228 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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