Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Leon Jack Caverley
In memory of:
Leading Aircraftman Leon Jack Caverley
September 30, 1942
Sudbury, Ontario
Military Service
R/69180
24
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
War Medal 1939-1945 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
Additional Information
March 1, 1918
Whitney, Ontario
September 18, 1940
North Bay, Ontario
His real name was Leon John Caverley.
Son of Cecil Leo Caverley and Myrtle Rachel Burton, of Sudbury, Ontario.
Cecil enlisted on February 15, 1917 at the 78th Battery Depot of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Lethbridge, Alberta, service number 1251179, and was discharged on April 27, 1918 in Calgary, Alberta, without having participated in the First World War.
Leon served as a soldier in the Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Regiment (MG), Company C – NPAM – for 18 months at Camp Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, from 1939.
He only served in Canada for 699 days.
Commemorated on Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
GARSON ANGLICAN CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada
Plot 3. Lot 3 B.6. Sec. N.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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