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Earl Joseph Gray

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class I Earl Joseph Gray

August 27, 1963
Camp Petawawa, Ontario

Military Service


Service Number:

SP15422

Age:

45

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Canadian Provost Corps

Citation(s):

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, 1939-1945 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal

Additional Information


Born:

January 15, 1918
Joggins Mines, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

September 6, 1939
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Husband of Winnifred Francis Gray of Petewawa, Ontario. Father of Susan Mary and Judith Ann of Petewawa, Ontario. Son of Alexander and Mary Gray of Cité des Deux Montagnes, Québec. Brother of half brothers Harvey and Hewson, Doris, Phyllis and half sister Jessie Stasc.

Commemorated on Page 108 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:

MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY
Quebec, Canada

Grave Reference:

Plot 3412, Section M

Location:

Montreal (Notre Dame des Nieges) Cemetery adjoins the Mount Royal Cemetery, in Montreal, Québec, and a War Cross is erected on the dividing line. Access by car via Highway 15 (Decarie) south, and take the exit for Queen Mary Road. Follow signs for Cote des Neiges Road south. The entrance to the cemetery is on the left hand side of this road. During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No. 4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First and Second World Wars. The Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St.Hubert. Some graves cannot be individually marked and are commemorated on a bronze plaque fixed to the Cross of Sacrifice.

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