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Military service
Service number:
R/77371
Age:
20
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
407 Sqdn.
Birth:
November 14, 1921
Cookshire, Québec
Enlistment:
November 11, 1940
Montreal, Québec
Death:
December 5, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 61.
Additional information
Son of James Arthur and Christina Adeline Drennan of Lennoxville, Quebec.
Brother of Sergeant James Douglas Drennan, who died the same day while serving with the same unit.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Gerald Maxwell Drennan
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Newspaper Clipping (2)
Source: Globe and Mail December 12, 1941 -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail December 9, 1941 -
Photo of Gerald Drennan
In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me Sergeant Air Gunners Gerald Maxwell and James Douglas Drennan, brothers, previously reported missing, were officially listed as killed in action on December 5, 1941. Gerald, 20, enlisted from Sherbrooke, Quebec branch on November 6, 1940, while James, 23, enlisted from Lennoxville, Quebec branch on November 30, 1940. -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gerald Maxwell Drennan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gerald Maxwell Drennan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gerald Maxwell Drennan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gerald Maxwell Drennan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Gerald Maxwell Drennan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 28 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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