Bert Prendergast Carleton Place

 

 

Military Service
Service Number:
R/82744

Age:
27

Force:
Air Force

Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:
115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Citation(s):
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information
Born:
July 9, 1915
Carleton Place, Ontario

Enlistment:
February 1, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of James Henry and Sarah Anne (nee Beach) Prendergast of Carleton Place, Ontario. Brother of Wilfred, James, William, Harold, Helen, Ivy, Norah and Margaret. The ‘Canadian’ wrote: He was a fine type of young Canadian manhood, honest and upright, pleasant and courteous, and highly respected by his elders. When the call for duty came, Bert gave his services voluntarily to his King and country and last week gave his life for freedom. The ‘Canadian’ wrote: He was a fine type of young Canadian manhood, honest and upright, pleasant and courteous, and highly respected by his elders. When the call for duty came, Bert gave his services voluntarily to his King and country and last week gave his life for freedom.

 

Ocotber 30–1942

Cemetery:

BECK ROW (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD
Suffolk, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Row C. Grave 8.

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