Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School was officially opened in October 1922. Many of the schools students would serve during World War II. On June 6, 1951, a plaque to honour the memory of former students of Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School who were killed during World War II was unveiled at a public ceremony held in the school auditorium. The bronze plaque, two feet by three feet, has the names of 111 former pupils who made the supreme sacrifice in the Second World War.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF OUR STUDENTS WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF CANADA
1939 – 1945
DOUGLAS AIKEN FRANCIS HAGGERTY**
WILLIAM J. ANDERSON JOHN N. HALLAM
GEORGE V. ANDREW THOMAS HAMILTON
WILLIAM C. ANDREW* JOHN M. HARRIS
KEITH BANKS VICTOR HARRIS
WILLIAM BARR ROLAND JAMIESON
JOE GRIFFITHS BELL JAY S. JOHNSTON
MAX BERGER RUSSELL E. JOLLY
HUGO BORCHARDT GLYN JONES
CLEMENCE BRAKEMAN ROSS KEE
GEORGE W. BROWN GERALD R. KELLY
PAUL A. BROWN WILFRED L. KNIGHT
DAVID BURKE GEORGE WILLIAM KNOWLES
KENNETH BURR JOHN LYLE LECKIE
WILLIAM CAMERON TOM LEE
WILLIAM F. CARLTON HECTOR LEGARRIE***
STUART A. CARR ROBERT LOCHEAD
ROSS CLARK W. ELDON LUCAS
WILLIAM BROWN CLARK WALLACE LANG
JOHN C. CLARKE DONALD C. MACGREGOR
WESLEY COLEMAN DONALD MCCLURE
A. EDWARD CONWAY JAMES MCCLURE
FRED DAWS GILBERT CAMPBELL MCFADYEN
JACK DOWDING VICTOR MCKEOWN
WILLIAM DRINKWATER PATRICK MCLAUGHLIN
RALPH LESLIE ELLIOT OMAR MARTINDALE
THOMAS HAROLD ELLIOT LEONARD MEERE
JOHN ESSELMENT RALPH J. MELLON
GEORGE ESSER RODOLFO MENDIZABAL
HUGO FARNER WILLIAM STUART METCALFE
LORNE FERGUSON DAVID DOUGLAS MILLER
GORDON WILLIAM FORDYCE THOMAS GORDON MILLS
CHARLES FOSTER PAUL MISENER
JOHN FOWLIE PAUL MORRIS
LLOYD GALLAWAY JOSEPH THOMAS MURPHY
REX GAMMON EDWIN ROBERT MYLES
ARTHUR GANDER CHARLES ARTHUR NASH
WILLIAM GLASS DON NEAL
LLOYD THOMAS GRAHAM BARRY O’CONNOR
LYLE GORING WILLIAM JOHN OLIVER
TED PARSONS
DOUGLAS POLE
ROSS POLE
BRUCE POWELL
T. EDWARD POWELL
JAMES E. QUINN
MELVIN RAMSAY
ROBERT RAMSAY
CHARLES V. RICHARDS
DOUGLAS ROSS
ARNOLD SCHILDKNECHT
JAMES SHANKS
GORDON SMITH
EDWARD SAMUEL STOKES
GEOFFREY STONE
JAMES STRONACH
LES SUTHERLAND
STANLEY J. TESKEY
CLAIR THAIN
JACK ALEXANDER THAIN
ARTHUR CAMERON THOMPSON
HOWARD FRASER THOMPSON
MYLES K. VOKES
FLOYD WILLIAMS
WILLIAM PATRICK LOGIE WILLIAMS
RICHARD WILSON
FRED WISE
JAMES WRIGHT
JOHN D. WRIGHT
JOHN H. YORKE
ISAAC B. ZIERLER
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Sarnia Collegiate War Memorial Plaque
275 Wellington Street
Sarnia
Ontario
Lat. 42.96832
Long. -82.40135