Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 55 continued ... THOMAS, ROBERT BERNARD. Lance Sergeant. Cape Breton Highlanders. DOD 05 May 1945. Son of John Henry and Mary Ann Thomas, of Louisburg. DOA – accidental drowning/fell into a canal. TONEY, LEO FRANCIS. Private. South Saskatchewan Regiment. DOD 07 April 1945. Son of Frank and Mary Toney of Cambridge Station/ a Mi’kmag soldier of the Annapolis Valley First Nation. KIAwhen the SSR took to assault boats and attacked the Schipbeek Canal in the dark. JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY FITZGERALD, JOHN CHISHOLM. Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner). Royal Canadian Air Force/ 15 Squadron RAF. DOD 26 July 1942. Son of James O'Neill Fitzgerald and Nina Helen Fitzgerald, of Halifax. KIA during a raid on Hamburg when his bomber, Short Stirling I R9328 MG-A, was shot down. FRASER, CHIPMAN CAMERON DAWSON. Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner). Royal Canadian Air Force/ 142 Squadron RAF. DOD 02 September 1942. Son of Charles Scott Fraser and Christine Dawson Fraser, of Little Harbour. KIA – his bomber, Wellington-Z1466 QT-L, was part of a formation of bombers heading for Karlsruhe that were attacked by German night fighters while over Holland. QT-L was carrying a full bomb load when it exploded in mid-air. All five of the crew perished. JOST, BURTON NORRIS. Squadron Leader (Pilot). Royal Canadian Air Force/419 Squadron. DOD 25 June 1943. Son of Arthur C. and C. Victoria L. Jost, of Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. B.A. (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia); B.Sc. (University Penn State, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.). KIA - he was the pilot of Halifax II JD147 that was attacked by an enemy night flighter near Venlo, Netherlands. When the plane was not much more than a flying mass of flames he ordered the crew to bail out. Jost and a RAF air gunner perished, while the other 5 crew members landed safely and became POWs. NEDERWEERT WAR CEMETERY GRAHAM, DONALD CURRY. Flying Officer (Wireless Op./Air Gunner). Royal Canadian Air Force/428 Squadron RCAF. DOD 15 March 1945. Son of Fred F. and Lena C. Graham, of Middleton, Annapolis Co. KIA – his bomber, Lancaster X KB846 NA-I, was returning from a raid on Hagen when it was repeatedly attacked by night fighters. Graham was killed during the attacks. NA-I caught fire and the surviving two crew members bailed out and safely landed. Flying Officer Graham was buried with full military honours by US troops in the US Forces Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands. We Will Remember
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