Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 143 GILLIS, Colin Robert PEACETIME Colin was born in Truro, NS on August 3, 1936. In September 1954, at the age of eighteen, he enrolled in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps where he served as a Supply and Transport Officer until September 1958. In May 1959, Colin began initial training as a Helicopter Pilot at the United States Army Primary Helicopter Course at Fort Ruckers, Alabama. Following a one-year attachment to the 64th Transportation Company in Fort Knox, Kentucky flying H34 Helicopters, Colin returned to Canadian Army ground duty in Camp, Borden, ON. He then completed fixed wing conversion training on L19 aircraft in Rivers, MB, followed by duty as a Peacekeeper in the United Nations Emergency Force in Egypt until 1964. After Egypt, Colin returned to the newly formed No. 1 Transport Helicopter Platoon and was posted to Shearwater as a Utility Pilot. He then deployed to the HMCS Protector for several exercises in the North Atlantic and in San Juan, Puerto Rico, ending in March 1969. In 1970, he was posted as a primary Helicopter instructor in CFB Portage la Prairie, MB. He served as a helicopter, standards officer and standards flight commander on C112’s and CH136’S. Colin achieved over 1000 accident-free instructional hours until posted to CFB Gagetown as Base Flight Safety Officer in 1974. He was posted to the 103 Rescue Unit in Gander, NL in 1977 and promoted to the rank of Major. He served as Deputy Commanding Officer and as Commanding Officer of the 103 Rescue Unit until 1981 when he was then posted as Commanding Officer, Rescue Coordination Center, Maritime Command. He retired from the Canadian Forces in 1982. He was a 29-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Hants Co. Branch 9. Colin passed away April 15, 2019 at the age of 82. Submitted by Hants County Branch #009, The Royal Canadian Legion GILLIS, Daniel J. WWII Daniel was born in Sydney Mines, NS. He served with the Lincoln and Welland Regiment in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe during World War II. Daniel was killed in action in the Netherlands in 1944. Submitted by Family
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