Signals Casualties of Other Era - Details

Listed below are details on the Signals related casualties of other era, those on the Honour Roll. For an index of the casualties please see Signals Casualties of Other Era.

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Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Amiro Alvin Edwin Sigmn H49664440 21 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 5, 1971 2 Signal Squadron Grave 118, Section 1, Plot CC, Bedford Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Nova Scotia, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Sigmn Amiro (along with Sigmn Brown and Sigmn Enman) was killed when the quarter-ton jeep he was in collided with a five-ton truck in fog during Exercise Running Jump at CFB Gagetown. Additional Information Born: February 4, 1950 Halifax, Nova Scotia Enlistment: December 23, 1968 Saint John, New Brunswick Son of Alvin Edwin and Lorraine Joan Amiro of Oromocto, New Brusnwick. Husband of Carol Ann Gertrude (Nee Crilley) Amiro of Hoyt, Sunbury County, New Brunswick. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Brown William Ernest Sigmn 618-076-905 19 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 5, 1971 2 Signal Squadron DND Lot, Plot 27, Block 2, Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Sigmn Brown (along with Sigmn Amiro and Sigmn Enman) was killed when the quarter-ton jeep he was in collided with a five-ton truck in fog during Exercise Running Jump at CFB Gagetown. Additional Information Husband of Donna Gayle Brown. Father of Beth Marie Brown. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Budd Earl Bedford Sigmn SG9917 Lineman 23 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 14, 1956 1 Line Troop attached to Western Command Signal Regiment -, -, -, - Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Electrocution. Sigmn Budd was electrocuted at Fort Smith while carrying out repairs to RC Signals control cable there. The control cable was strung on a pole line also used by Northern Canada Power Commission for a high voltage power line and he accidentally came in contact with the lethal high voltage. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Clements Dennis Winston Cpl SG68820 27 Date of death Unit Burial location details May 8, 1968 Camp Petawawa Grave # 246, Field of Honour, Cedar Hill Greenwood Cemeteries, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Drowned during a parachute training exercise. When the Buffalo transports took off from Bonnechere Airfield, the conditions were favourable for an early evening drop. That drastically changed when the men began exiting the planes at around 8:30 p.m. Staring down at the dark, perilous Ottawa River, most knew they were overshooting the drop zone. The wind sheer that caught them off guard propelled 22 of them into the frigid waters off Wegner Point with some landing as far as 1,000 feet offshore. Entangled in their parachutes and weighed down by equipment, most struggled to escape being dragged to the bottom. Some family members watched anxiously from the cliffs above. When rescuers finished pulling what men they could from the water, seven were still missing. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Craig Albert Frederick Cpl A71098321 38 Date of death Unit Burial location details February 15, 1971 Ottawa Row 4, Plot 16, All Saints Anglican Cemetery, Petawawa, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Curnow Richard MCpl 25 Date of death Unit Burial location details May 5, 2011 Edmonton -, Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend., -, - Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Drowning - Running by river Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Desharnais Yves Joseph Jean-Paul Sgt F45235808 49 Date of death Unit Burial location details June 21, 2010 Camp Valcartier -, -, -, - Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Deziel Jean-Michel Joseph Jacques Cpl 23 Date of death Unit Burial location details January 18, 2011 QG ET 5 GBMC Section 14, Saint Hubert Cemetery, Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Cpl Déziel died from injuries sustained when he fell from the roof of Building 312 at CFB Valcartier while installing an antenna. Additional Information Son of Mario Déziel and Sylvie (nee Gilbert) Déziel of St. Hubert, Quebec. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age D’Aoust M.J. Sigmn Lineman Date of death Unit Burial location details July 23, 1955 1st Canadian Infantry Division Signal Regiment -, -, -, - Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Died at CFB Gagetown following a fall from a pole that he was working on during an exercise. Additional Information The entire 1st Canadian Infantry Division was on maneuvers in the newly created Camp Gagetown area of New Brunswick from April to September 1955. Signalman D’Aoust, a lineman serving with 1st Canadian Infantry Division Signal Regiment, Camp Borden, Ontario, was killed on 23 July, 1955 when he fell off a pole that he was working on. His remains were sent to North Bay area of Ontario and he was interred at his nearby town of residence. At the time there was a NORAD Base near North Bay and the U.S. Air Force provided a Guard of Honour for his funeral. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Enman Hazen Blaine Sigmn K27557375 19 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 5, 1971 2 Signal Squadron -, Victoria West People's Cemetery, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Sigmn Enman (along with Sigmn Amiro and Sigmn Brown) was killed when the quarter-ton jeep he was in collided with a five-ton truck in fog during Exercise Running Jump at CFB Gagetown. Additional Information Born: October 8, 1951 Summerside, Prince Edward Island Enlistment: October 21, 1970 Died: Gagetown, NB Son of Kenneth and Sybil Enman. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Fields Douglas Hugh Cpl SF 8513 34 Date of death Unit Burial location details May 8, 1968 Camp Petawawa Grave 2, Row 17, Maplewood Cemetery, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Drowned during a parachute training exercise. When the Buffalo transports took off from Bonnechere Airfield, the conditions were favourable for an early evening drop. That drastically changed when the men began exiting the planes at around 8:30 p.m. Staring down at the dark, perilous Ottawa River, most knew they were overshooting the drop zone. The wind sheer that caught them off guard propelled 22 of them into the frigid waters off Wegner Point with some landing as far as 1,000 feet offshore. Entangled in their parachutes and weighed down by equipment, most struggled to escape being dragged to the bottom. Some family members watched anxiously from the cliffs above. When rescuers finished pulling what men they could from the water, seven were still missing. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Florian Charles Ernest WO CD 44 Date of death Unit Burial location details Sep 12, 2011 Joint Personnel Support Unit -, Cremated, Ashes scattered., -, - Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Born: December 9, 1966 Born In: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada Passed In: Kingston, Ontario, Canada Nickname: Chuck Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Fummerton Norman Elton Sigmn SH206812 23 Date of death Unit Burial location details August 21, 1964 Fort Beausejour, Iserlohn, Germany Grave A2, Row B, Plot 1, Cemetery Parkfriedhof, Werl, -, Germany Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age George Donald Harry LCol ZL116 34 Date of death Unit Burial location details Jun 8, 1955 HQ CDN Base Units Europe Plot 6 Row B Grave 15, Hanover Military Cemetery, -, Germany Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Haagenson E. Sigmn Date of death Unit Burial location details November 3, 1948 Hay River, NWT&Y Radio System -, -, -, - Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Sig. Elwood Haagenson drowned after breaking through the ice on Hay River. He had been visiting the Hudson Bay Company's post manager across the river during the evening of 2nd November and was skating home at approximately 2am 3rd November when he crashed through the ice in mid-river and was unable to extricate himself from the freezing waters. The ice was considered safe and the townspeople had been skating for several days. In fact Haagenson safely crossed the river for his visit, but apparently returned by a slightly different route and unfortunately struck a weak spot. His body was recovered at 9:50 am. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Henderson E. Sgt Date of death Unit Burial location details October 17, 1933 Camsell River, NWT&Y Radio System -, -, -, - Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Sgt. Henderson set out in a canoe to deliver a message to one of the mining camps in the area. Henderson was never seen again and it is assumed that he upset in the swift river waters and was drowned. The canoe was recovered but the treacherous waters have never given up Henderson's body. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Knechtel Edith Aileen Cpl 29 Date of death Unit Burial location details July 1, 1980 Camp Petawawa Section 5, Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Adventure Trg - Killed on portage on train tressle Additional Information Son of Henry Stewart and Lillian Grimsley of Chilliwack, British Columbia. Brother of Douglas, Dorothy, June and Douglas. Husband of Judith Ann (Nee Lafrenier) Grimsley and Father of Darcy, Eric and Brenda of Limoges, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Knight Robert John Gordon Cpl SC139703 27 Date of death Unit Burial location details May 8, 1968 Camp Petawawa Lot 27, Space B1, Section Christus, Glenhaven memorial Gardens Cemetery, Glenburnie, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Drowned during a parachute training exercise. When the Buffalo transports took off from Bonnechere Airfield, the conditions were favourable for an early evening drop. That drastically changed when the men began exiting the planes at around 8:30 p.m. Staring down at the dark, perilous Ottawa River, most knew they were overshooting the drop zone. The wind sheer that caught them off guard propelled 22 of them into the frigid waters off Wegner Point with some landing as far as 1,000 feet offshore. Entangled in their parachutes and weighed down by equipment, most struggled to escape being dragged to the bottom. Some family members watched anxiously from the cliffs above. When rescuers finished pulling what men they could from the water, seven were still missing. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Kowcur Ginady Gordon Cpl C806410 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details June 29, 1967 Near Kingston, (763 member) Sec I. Plot 755., Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Cpl Kowcur was electrocuted while on a field training exercise north of Kingston Ontario. 763 (Ottawa) Communication Regiment was on two weeks training at Connaught Ranges and was exercising to determine the practical range of the C42 set using King Mountain near Aylmer PQ as a rebroadcast site. While sited near Kingston and in communication with Connaught, the VHF det he was part of decided to use the HF radio to establish an additional link to Connaught. It was raining and during the raising of the antenna mast it came in contact with high voltage Hydro lines killing Cpl Kowcur instantly. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age LaSante Donald Andre Joseph MCpl A20444453 32 Date of death Unit Burial location details June 1, 1999 2 CMBG HQ and Sig Sqn -, Notre-Dame d’Auvergne Cemetery, Ponteix, Saskatchewan, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Electrocution. MCpl LaSante was killed and four others injured in an accident during a training exercise. The accident happened at around 8 pm at an arena parking lot in Beachburg, Ontario. The soldiers were in the process of setting up some equipment for a command post when an antenna on one of the vehicles touched live hydro wires. Additional Information Husband of Susan Lasanté. Father of Matthew Lasanté. Step-Father of Michael and Jonathan. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Lang William C. LCpl Date of death Unit Burial location details December 30, 1933 Fort Rae, NWT&Y Radio System -, Behchoko Cemetery, Northwest Territories, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Died in fire at Fort Rea Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Legault Joseph Jean-Pierre MCpl 35 Date of death Unit Burial location details September 22, 1995 AWACS, Alaska I-115, St-Enfant-Jesus Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Master Corporal Legault's plane went down in Anchorage, Alaska. He was on an exchange with the United States Air Force. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Leveille Randy Cpl H22489850 24 Date of death Unit Burial location details January 28, 1994 1st Canadian Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment -, -, -, - Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: MLVW roll over en route from CFB Valcartier to CFB Kingston. Additional Information Son of Joseph Normand and Uta Leveille of Goulais River, Ontario. Born 9 July 1969, Pembroke ON. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age McGean Kevin Francis MCpl N71606712 Date of death Unit Burial location details May 5, 1999 79 Communication Regiment -, -, -, - Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Husband of Karen Rox of Kingston. Born July 22, 1963. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age McIntosh D.E. Capt Date of death Unit Burial location details July 17, 1936 Egypt Plot J. Grave 105., Cairo War Cemetery, Cairo, -, Egypt Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Killed in an aircraft crash in Mersa Matruh, Egypt while serving on exchange with the British 5th Divisional Signals. Additional Information Gravestone says 9 July 1936 Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age McMartin W.J. Cpl SD116113 36 Date of death Unit Burial location details Jun 28, 1952 Plot 6. Row B. Grave 3., Hanover Military Cemetery, -, Germany Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Methot Joseph Allen James MCpl 35 Date of death Unit Burial location details July 31, 1996 Kingston Mausoleum St Thérèse Plot V95, Notre Dame Des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Son of Clark and Johanne (Nee Fiand) Méthot of Lachine, Quebec. Husband of Catherine Lynn (Nee Golding) Méthot and Father of Jennifer and Timothy of Bellevue, Alberta. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Misener Paul James Cpl SA128165 Date of death Unit Burial location details May 8, 1968 Camp Petawawa East half Lot 22, Range 7, Plot CE 4, Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Drowned during a parachute training exercise. When the Buffalo transports took off from Bonnechere Airfield, the conditions were favourable for an early evening drop. That drastically changed when the men began exiting the planes at around 8:30 p.m. Staring down at the dark, perilous Ottawa River, most knew they were overshooting the drop zone. The wind sheer that caught them off guard propelled 22 of them into the frigid waters off Wegner Point with some landing as far as 1,000 feet offshore. Entangled in their parachutes and weighed down by equipment, most struggled to escape being dragged to the bottom. Some family members watched anxiously from the cliffs above. When rescuers finished pulling what men they could from the water, seven were still missing. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Moffett Bower Whitney Sgt SC91627 36 Date of death Unit Burial location details Oct 1, 1959 4 Signals Squadron Canadian Annexe, Row B, Grave 3., Brookwood Military Cemetery, -, United Kingdom Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Pearce Jason Scott Cpl C54445523 34 Date of death Unit Burial location details December 7, 1997 1st Canadian Division Headquarters and Signals Regiment -, -, -, - Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Cancer Additional Information Son of James Arthur and Arlene Pearce of Sault Ste-Marie, Ontario. Husband of Naomi Nyakio (nee Kitamuni) Pearce of Kingston, Ontario. Born November 11, 1963 Sault Ste-Marie, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Pitblado Jeffrey John Fitzgerald Capt N45739960 46 Date of death Unit Burial location details February 13, 2012 CFB Kingston / Canadian Forces Joint Signal Regiment -, -, -, - Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Prince Richard Herbert LCpl SA126670 22 Date of death Unit Burial location details Jan 6, 1963 2 Airborne Signal Troop, 2 Signal Squadron Grave 6, Block 1 Section 165, Victoria Memorial Cemetery, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Killed in a training jump at Camp Borden Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Steele Philip Ross Sigmn C490808 21 Date of death Unit Burial location details January 28, 1951 3 Signal Regiment -, Merivale Public Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: Died from injuries sustained in a training accident. Phil was a lineman and was training in the South March area, just outside of Connaught Ranges. The line crew was laying out of a 3/4 ton power wagon using a baby-buggy (a steel wagon having two wheels with the cable reel in the center) when the line snagged dragging the buggy and Phil from the truck. Phil sustained head injuries and died on the way to the hospital. Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Stowe R.S. Sigmn SN1231 19 Date of death Unit Burial location details Sep 13, 1952 Plot 6. Row A. Grave 4., Hanover Military Cemetery, -, Germany Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Summerville Frederick Bruce Capt 705488781 45 Date of death Unit Burial location details April 21, 1992 Ottawa Section 27, Range D, Grave 212, Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Son of Mary Summerville of Vancouver, British Columbia. Husband of Susan Elizabeth Summerville of Ottawa, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Taylor Robert John MCpl C51248112 Canadian Forces Decoration 32 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 15, 1980 Ottawa / CFB Leitrum NW Section, Row N4, Plot 2, St. Mary's Cemetery, Simcoe, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Accident Details: MCpl Taylor was onboard a CC130 Hercules on a Search and Rescue mission for a lost helicopter when the aircraft stalled at low level and crashed near Chapais, Quebec. Additional Information Born: January 23, 1948 Simcoe, Ontario Enlistment: October 9, 1968 Hamilton, Ontario Son of Harold Ormiston and June Beverly Taylor of Simcoe, Ontario. Husband of Frances Louise Taylor and Father of Gregory and Shawn Taylor of Ottawa, Ontario. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Tivy William Glendwin 2Lt TC40088 21 Date of death Unit Burial location details November 8, 1952 Near Kingston, PWOR Lot 433, S.H. Section 3, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Torok John Jonas Cpl Special Service Medal with Alert Bar 43 Date of death Unit Burial location details February 19, 1997 -, Union United Church Cemetery, Union, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Son of Delbary Torok of Kitchener, Ontario and Mary Barbara Torok of St. Thomas, Ontario. Brother of Nancy Monteith, Rosemarie Colledge, Peter Torok & Steven Torok. Husband of Ruth Anita Torok and Father of Robert A. and Tamara A. Torok. Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Tourond Joseph Vincent Cpl 37 Date of death Unit Burial location details March 1, 1974 CFS Leitrim Grave 84, Section 10, Plot 49, Holy Cross Cemetery, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Heart attack while on shift, CFS Leitrim Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Washington Lawrence C. Sgt 44 Date of death Unit Burial location details October 28, 1967 Camp Petawawa DVA Sec G. Row B6, Grave 1., Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Marker Casualty Details Additional Information Surname Given Name(s) Rank Service Number Honours and Awards Trade Age Webster Christopher Cpl 33 Date of death Unit Burial location details May 24, 2016 5th Canadian Division Support Group Signal Squadron -, -, -, - Marker Casualty Details Illness Details: Cpl Webster collapsed during a unit run on the Hazen Park running trail outside of the base, in Oromocto. CPR was administered immediately at the scene, and the he was transported to Oromocto Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Additional Information Obituary: It is with heavy hearts that the family of Christopher Webster announces his death at the Oromocto Public Hospital on May 24, 2016. Born in Halifax, NS, on April 14, 1983, Chris is the son of Stacey and Elaine (Crawley) Webster. In addition to his parents, Chris is survived by his wife Andrea Webster; son, William Michael Webster; daughter, Lorelei Julia Webster; sister, Laura Hobbs (Steven); brothers, Timothy Webster (Wendy) and Joe Locke (Cindy); sister-in-law, Julia Bachman(Charles); father and mother-in-law, Lawrence and Mary Quilty; nephews, Braylee, David, Maxwell, Cole, and Marshall and his niece Quinn. Chris will also be missed by several aunts and uncles. Chris was predeceased by his maternal grandparents, Percy and Elaine Webster and his paternal grandparents, Kenneth and Jeanette Crawley. He served 8 years with the Canadian Armed Forces with 5 CDSB in Gagetown, NB. Chris loved fishing, playing guitar, and was an avid gamer. He was a loving husband and father. His children were the light of his life. He was very proud of his family life. Chris had a witty sense of humour and will be missed by many family and friends. Visitation will be held at Oromocto Funeral Home, 108 Winnebago St., on Thursday, May 26, 2016 from 4-8pm. A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, May 27, 2016 from 4-8 pm at the Atlantic Funeral Home, 125 Sackville Drive, Lower Sackville, with words of remembrance at 7pm with Fr. Lance Magdziak. For those who wish, donations in Chris’s memory can be made to the Autism Society of New Brunswick.