Military service
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Enlisted in the 17th Fortress Company of the Royal Canadian Engineer - NPAM - matricula 60, at Esquimalt, British Columbia, from April 25th to November 19th, 1935, then in the 5th Army Field Workshop of the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps in Victoria and transferred to the 11th Flight Signals Company of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals on February 21st, 1941 to also serve in Ontario and Hong Kong with C Force. He had 1,117 days of service, including 338 overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
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He gave his life for our Freedom. The Uncle we never knew. -
Original Grave Marker
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Last couple of days at home before heading to Hong Kong. -
Grave Marker
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Signalman Thomas Redhead
Digital gallery of
Signalman Thomas Redhead
Digital gallery of
Signalman Thomas Redhead
Digital gallery of
Signalman Thomas Redhead
Digital gallery of
Signalman Thomas Redhead
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 109 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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