Service dates 1984 – 2008 A supply tech, a Load master, a baseball player, an umpire, a hockey player, a referee, a husband, a brother, a father, and a friend. He often said he was on a CF sports scholarship yet his time at the Sqn was his most cherished because “I got to see […]
This a photo of my great uncle Dickie , Richard Clark (Sgt) and his sister my great aunt Tene, Christene (Lft.) Clark. They ran into each other in France in WW2. They did not know where each other was. So big surprise. There almost was some trouble when another officer saw this picture being taken […]
Our mother joined the RCAF during WWII and served as an Aircraftwoman at a radar station on Vancouver Island. She met our father Pilot Officer Cecil Baldwin DFC when they both, as veterans, attended the University of Saskatchewan after the war. Thanks to their service they attended university, met, married, had four children and many […]
Dr. John de Belle was a Surgeon Commander in the Royal Canadian Navy and served during World War II.
Sergeant James Leonard Townson went overseas in September 1942 with the 48th Highlanders of Canada. He first served in Italy as a “D-Day Dodger” and was later KIA during Operation CANNONSHOT, which included the liberation of Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. He was killed on 13 April 1945, aged 25, just northeast of the town of […]
Master Corporal Michael TouchetteGovernor General’s Foot Guards MCpl Mike Touchette died peacefully surrounded by his family on July 31st, 2010, at the age of 61.MCpl Touchette was an infantry soldier with the Governor General’s Foot Guards (GGFG), a Canadian Armed Forces Reserve Regiment. He was also a Mortarman and long-time shooter/coach/mentor/recruiter with the Regiment Combat […]
Larry Rankin, Sergeant Major (retired), proudly served his country in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) as an Infantryman for 24 years with 2 PPCLI. His stellar military career included postings to Edmonton, Germany, Winnipeg, and Regina, along with two operational tours of Cyprus and one of Egypt. After retirement, he continued to contribute to the […]
My Dad, Peter Lajeunesse served in the Canadian Navy, he passed away in November 2024 from leukemia and I’m running this race to honour him and his time served.
