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Herbert Leah

In memory of:

Flying Officer Herbert Leah

December 21, 1958
Pisa, Italy

Military Service


Service Number:

42859

Age:

40

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

109 Communication Flight

Citation(s):

France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, 1939-1945 Star, Special Service Medal with NATO bar, Canadian Forces Decoration (CD)

Additional Information


Born:

December 2, 1918
Suffolk, England

Enlistment:

May 2, 1941
London, England

Son of James William and Ellen (nee Wilson) Leah of Ipswich, England. Husband of Ruth Moneta (nee Woodrow) Leah and father of Kevin and Margaret Leah.

Commemorated on Page 90 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Grave Reference:

Section 8 Row B Grave 1

Location:

Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.

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  • Grave marker– Photo by Malcolm Cromarty.
  • Photo of Herbert Leah

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