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Leading Aircraftman Neil Allan Porteous

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Military service

Service number: 204994
Age: 25
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 412 Transport Squadron
Birth: March 9, 1935 Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment: November 5, 1952 Ontario
Death: April 29, 1960 Lake Michigan

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: No 48, Section B, Plot 27
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Son of Fred and Jesse Proteous. Husband of Beverley Porteous of Ottawa, Ontario. Father of Patricia, Neil and Wendy Porteous. Brother of Donald, Orville, Ronald, Brian,Daniel, Ivy and Brenda.

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery.

The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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