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Leon Jack Caverley

In memory of:

Leading Aircraftman Leon Jack Caverley

September 30, 1942
Sudbury, Ontario

Military Service


Service Number:

R/69180

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Citation(s):

War Medal 1939-1945 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

Additional Information


Born:

March 1, 1918
Whitney, Ontario

Enlistment:

September 18, 1940
North Bay, Ontario

His real name was Leon John Caverley.

Son of Cecil Leo Caverley and Myrtle Rachel Burton, of Sudbury, Ontario.

Cecil enlisted on February 15, 1917 at the 78th Battery Depot of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Lethbridge, Alberta, service number 1251179, and was discharged on April 27, 1918 in Calgary, Alberta, without having participated in the First World War.

Leon served as a soldier in the Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Regiment (MG), Company C – NPAM – for 18 months at Camp Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, from 1939.

He only served in Canada for 699 days.

Commemorated on Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

GARSON ANGLICAN CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Plot 3. Lot 3 B.6. Sec. N.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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