John Pickles Shaw McLeod Image

Name

John Pickles Shaw McLeod

Born

1916-03-11

Birth Place

Occupation

Painter

Religion

Presbyterian

Died

1944-01-21

Death Place

Germany

Death

Killed in Action

Awards

1939-45 Star, Air Gunners Badge

Monument

Cemetery







Service Record 1


Regimental Number

R108649

Highest Rank

Warrant Officer Class II

Conflict

Battalion

Queen's Own Rifles of Canada

Enlisted

Toronto, ON

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1941-01-25

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98th Field Battery, The Perth Regiment


Service Record 2


Regimental Number

R108649

Highest Rank

Warrant Officer Class II

Conflict

Battalion

Company

Special Reserve

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1941-06-08


Service Record 3


Regimental Number

R108649

Highest Rank

Warrant Officer Class II

Conflict

Battalion

Company

431 Squadron

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1943-12-06



Artefacts, Photographs & Resources

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Notes

Enlisted first as John Mackenzie McLeod. Orginally enlisted in the Army and then transferred into the Air Force.




Sources & Links

- Bruce County Genealogical Society Surname Collection;
- LAC Personnel File (Ancestry.com)
- Library & Archives Canada
- War Graves Commission
- Book of Remembrance
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial
- Find a Grave



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