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Corporal Darryl Crawford Ross

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Military service

Service number: C48 432 004
Age: 23
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Military Engineering Branch
Birth: January 31, 1955 Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment: June 12, 1973 Nova Scotia
Death: March 3, 1978 Tel Aviv, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

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HAMILTON (HOLY SEPULCHRE) CEMETERY
Grave reference: Row 2, Grave 13
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Son of William Edward and Luella Joan Ross of Hamilton, Ontario. Brother of Arthur, Blair and Barbara. Though Corporal Ross was assigned to the Canadian Military Engineers, he actually served with the Air Force component of the military. In 1999, Mrs. Ross was finally awarded the Silver Cross which gave her the status of Silver Cross Mother. Mr and Mrs Ross donated a $300.00 cheque sent to them by National Defence to help defray the cost of Cpl Ross' funeral to the 150 Hamilton Tiger Squadron, the air cadets Cpl Ross belonged to as a youth. Cpl Ross joined in the early 1970's and had previously been an air cadet. An Air Cadet squadron in Hamilton, Ontario have created a trophy to the best junior cadet in Cpl Ross's memory. His home unit was CFB North Bay, Ontario.

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Service in Canada (1867 – present)

HAMILTON (HOLY SEPULCHRE) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada

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