Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 225 WEATHERBEE, Fredrick Gorden SPECIAL DUTY AREA & PEACETIME Fredrick was born in Truro, Nova Scotia in 1935. He enlisted in the Air Force and served as Maintenance and Weapon Tech. He was an Air Cadet from 1948-1977 in the Truro Sqd and joined the RCAF in St Jean, QC in Sept 1952. In December 1952, he went to Air Armament School at RCAF Trenton; April 1953 he was Servicing RCAF Greenwood Lance & Neptune; May 1955 he was a Target Tow Operator (Flying) DC3-101 Com Flight-HMCS Shearwater; 1955 – Volunteer Spotter (Flying) with 107RU Torbay; 1957 he was sent to 427 (F) Squadron -3 (F) Wing Zweibrucken; 1959 he went to RCAF Greenwood and did Argus servicing and Torpedo maintenance; in 1964 he was promoted to Cpl; 1966 he was sent to CFB Baden CF 104 and was Servicing/bomb dump/bomb disposal team; 1970 he went to CFB Greenwood as Argus Servicing/Photo Editor Base Newspaper/Bomb dump; 1974 he went to Val d’Or as Special weapons maintenance; 1974 he was sent to CFB Greenwood as bomb dump/ i/c 25 Yd firing range i/c Base EOD Team (Bomb disposal); in 1978 he was promoted to Sgt; 1982 he went to CFB Cornwallis and retired in May of 1985. He was awarded the CDN Long Service Medal with 2 rosettes ant the Special Service Medal (NATO). Fredrick is a member of The Royal Canadian Legion in Kingston, NS and Truro, NS. Submitted by Centennial-Dartmouth Branch #160, The Royal Canadian Legion WHEELHOUSE, Marshall T. WWI & WWII Marshall was born on September 3, 1898 in Plaster Rock, NB. He served with the Canadian Infantry in France during World War One, and the Canadian Forestry Corp in Scotland during World War Two. He was wounded in action during the Battle of the Somme in 1918. He was a Charter Member of the Great World War Veterans Association and a Life Member of Bear River Branch #022, The Royal Canadian Legion before he passed away in Bear River, NS in 1990. Submitted by Bear River Branch #022, The Royal Canadian Legion WHITE, Arnold WWII Arnold was born in Yarmouth, NS in 1921, son of Clayton and Grace White of Kemptville, Yarmouth County. He served the Canadian Army, Carleton and York Regiments, R.C.I.C. Arnold was killed in action in 1944 in Cassino, Italy, at the age of twenty-three. He is remembered with honour in the Cassino War Cemetery in Italy. Submitted by Carleton Branch #167, The Royal Canadian Legion
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