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Roll of Honour
W. M. Baker
Sergeant Observer W.M. Baker was reported missing following
operations over occupied France on December 18, 1941 and was
assumed to having been killed in action. Baker entered the
bank at Goderich, Ontario and served at Ontario branches in
Kitchener, Kingston, Orillia and Niagara Falls, enlisting
from the latter branch on June 7, 1940. He received his training
at Royal Canadian Air Force centres in Toronto, Montreal and
Jarvis, and proceeded overseas in February 1941. Mrs. Baker,
his wife was a staff-member at Outremont, Quebec, Van Horne
and Outremont branch.
P. Barlow
Flying Officer P. Barlow, Royal Canadian Air Force, 35,
reported missing after air operations overseas, was assumed
to having been killed in action, December 17, 1944. Barlow
entered the bank at Souris, Manitoba branch on November 9,
1926 and served at various branches before enlisting from
Montreal, Quebec, St. Catherine and Bleury branch on October
3, 1942.
G. V. Bartle
Flight Sergeant Navigator G.V. Bartle, Royal Canadian Air
Force, 23, reported missing after air operations on September
26, 1943, was assumed to having been killed in action. Bartle
was navigator on a Sunderland flying boat that had been detailed
for a special mission. Approximately half way between Brest
and the Scilly Isles, they radioed that they were being attacked
by enemy aircraft. Fighter planes sent for protection were
unable to find any trace of them. Bartle entered the bank
at Vancouver, British Columbia, Gambie and Broadway on February
16, 1939 and enlisted from that branch on October 1, 1941.
J. W. Bayard
Flying Officer J.W. Bayard, Royal Canadian Air Force, 24,
was killed on active service overseas on September 14, 1944.
Bayard entered the bank at Lipton, Saskatchewan branch on
July 5, 1937 and enlisted from Gull Lake, Saskatchewan branch
on April 6, 1942. Graduating as a Pilot, he was granted the
rank of a Pilot Officer in April 1943 and was promoted to
Flying Officer in October 1943.
R. L. Bayard
Flying Officer R.L. Bayard, Royal Canadian Air Force, 25,
was reported missing on October 10, 1943 after a flight over
Burma and was assumed to having been killed in action. Bayard
enlisted from Weyburn, Saskatchewan branch in May 1941, won
his pilot's wings and commission at Yorkton, Saskatchewan,
in 1942 and went overseas shortly afterwards. John W. Bayard,
an older brother, was killed September 16, 1944 while attempting
a forced landing in Scotland following a flight over the North
Sea.
G. E. Beaton
Lieutenant G.E. Beaton, Canadian Army Overseas, 20, was
killed in action in Holland on September 25, 1944. Beaton
entered the bank at Montreal, Quebec, Sherbrooke and Hampton
branch on May 29, 1941 and enlisted on March 25, 1943 with
the 2nd Gordon Highlanders. In the spring of 1944 he volunteered
for special assignment in Europe and was wounded in August
during the liberation of France, but was back at the front
early in September.
G. W. Beattie
Leading Aircraftman G.W. Beattie, Royal Canadian Air Force,
24, was killed in a flying accident in England on July 21,
1945. Beattie entered the bank at St. Catharines, Ontario
on September 18, 1939 and enlisted from that branch on August
27, 1941.
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Bélanger
Flying Officer J.A.R. Bélanger, Royal Canadian Air Force,
23, reported missing on July 9, 1944 after a mission to the
Dutch coast, was assumed to having been killed in action.
Bélanger received his pilot's wings and commission at St.
Hubert, Quebec in March 1943 and after a course in General
Reconnaissance at Summerside, Prince Edward Island was posted
overseas in July. He had flown on more than ten operations
with a Royal Air Force Squadron, where he had the distinction
of being the only French Canadian. Bélanger entered the bank
on May 2, 1940 at Outremont, Quebec, Van Horne and Outremont
branch and enlisted from there on January 27, 1942.
S. W. Blair
Leading Aircraftman S.W. Blair, 29, was killed when the
training plane in which he was flying solo crashed near Yorkton,
Saskatchewan. Blair, who transferred from the army to the
Royal Canadian Air Force in August 1940, joined the bank at
Inverness, Nova Scotia branch in 1928 and was assistant accountant
at Amherst when he left to go on active service.
R. C. H. Boulton
Sergeant-Observer R.C.H. Boulton, 23, of Red Deer, Alberta,
was killed in action in England on February 13, 1943. He entered
the bank at Innisfail, Alberta branch on May 11, 1937 and
subsequently served at Turner Valley, Alberta branch and various
other branches in Alberta before enlisting in the Royal Canadian
Air Force. Boulton enlisted from Red Deer branch on November
1, 1941 and received his wings at Edmonton in August 1942.
He went overseas in October of that year.
E. P. Boutilier
Pilot Officer E.P. Boutilier, Royal Canadian Air Force,
22, reported missing on May 23, 1944, was assumed to having
been killed on that date during a bombing raid on Le Mans,
France. He was buried in the British cemetery there. Boutilier
entered the bank at Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 18,
1940 and enlisted from that branch on January 23, 1943.
L. J. Brosseau
Major L.J. Brosseau, Canadian Army Overseas, 33, was killed
in action on the Normandy front on July 19, 1944. At the time
of his enlistment for active service he held the rank of Captain
and Adjutant of the Regiment de Maisonneuve and received his
promotion to Major overseas. Brosseau entered the bank at
Montreal, Quebec, Snowdon Junction branch on September 23,
1929, and enlisted from Montreal, Monkland and Harvard branch
on September 1, 1939.
S. P. R. Brouillette
Flying Officer S.P.R. Brouillette, 25, was killed in action
on June 11, 1943. He entered the bank at St. Hyacinthe, Quebec
branch on July 7, 1936 and enlisted from Ottawa, Ontario,
Hintonburgh branch on September 15, 1941. Brouillette graduated
as Pilot Officer at St. Hubert, Quebec on July 30, 1942 and
had been overseas since December. He was promoted to the rank
of Flying Officer in February 1943.
A. J. Brown
Flying Officer A.J. Brown, Royal Canadian Air Force, 26,
reported missing after air operations over Poix, France on
November 9, 1943, was assumed to having been killed in action.
Brown entered the bank at Langley Prairie, British Columbia
branch on May 26, 1936 and enlisted from Vancouver, British
Columbia, Davie Street branch on December 4, 1941. He obtained
the highest marks in his graduating classes at Victoriaville
and Ancienne Lorette, Quebec
J. K. Buchan
Sergeant J.K. Buchan, Canadian Army Overseas, 26, was killed
in action in Germany on February 21, 1945. Buchan entered
the bank at Dutton, Ontario branch on May 7, 1937 and served
at Strathroy, Ontario branch and Mount Brydges, Ontario branch
before enlisting from Port Hope, Ontario on January 7, 1942.
He joined the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and went overseas in August
1943, going to France after D-Day and seeing much action around
Caen.
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