No. 12 Service Flying Training School Brandon

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Co. 28: May 17 - August 8, 1941

First graduates at Brandon. Wings Parade held in No. 2 Hangar at 1500 hours. Wings were presented to the graduating class by Air Commodore Ryan. After the presentation of the wings Mayor Young presented an engraved plaque to the honour student, LAC Jim Holloway.

+(NZ405215) Thomas Brian Ainger; (NZ405220) Jack D. Brewley; +(NZ401954) George Edward Francis Bradey - 75 Sqn.; (NZ405231) Robert William Lawrence Cargill DFM; +(NZ405237) Franklyn Bertram Cran - 75 Sqn.; (NZ404458) V.J. Crequer; +(NZ405239) Mervyn Charles de Clifford - 37 Sqn. DAF; (NZ405243) Norman Dumont - DFC 614 Sqn.; +(NZ405244) Alan Carlyle Feisst - 159 Sqn.; +(NZ405250) Charles John Freshney - 489 Sqn.; +(NZ402455) James Douglas Gordon - 70 Sqn.; +(NZ41323) Bryan Joseph Grofski - 104 Sqn.; +(NZ404637) Lionel Kesson Guthrie - 141 Sqn.; (NZ405271) G.C. Hill; (NZ402059) Raymond I. Hill - 218 Sqn. PoW; (NZ405761) LAC Ernest Albert James (Jim) Holdaway - DFC & Bar 37/139 Sqns.; +(NZ405276) Bryan Frank Robert Hotson - 214 Sqn.; (NZ405278) Laurence Warren Hunt - 150 Sqn.; (NZ41333) Gerald Howard Jacobson - 75 Sqn.; (NZ405280) W.R. Jaggar - Nav. 7 Sqn. PoW; +(NZ41481) Henry Peter Johnson - 75 Sqn. KIFA 149 CF; (NZ405283) N.S. Kennedy; +(NZ41338) James Beattie Larkins - 57 Sqn.; +(NZ41339) Selwyn Latta - 489 Sqn.; (NZ41340) Kenneth Oscar Law - DFM 150 Sqn.; +(NZ405290) John Lowrie - 49 Sqn.; (NZ405300) A.L. Mace; +(NZ404564) Allan O'Brien - 21 OTU; (NZ41353) Arthur Gibson Osborne - 75 Sqn.; (NZ41354) D.G. Palliser - 185 Sqn.; (NZ405608) Jack Colin Parker - 75 Sqn.; (NZ41526) J.H. Reason; +(NZ41361) John Charles Roy - 50 Sqn.; +(NZ41527) Cecil George Russell - 55 Sqn.; +(NZ405340) Alexander George Sutherland - 75 Sqn.; (NZ41387) G. Wilson; +(NZ404564) Allan O'Brien - 21 OTU, Grafton, Auckland

F/O. E. A. HOLDAWAY. R.N.Z.A.F., No. 37 Sqn.
"F/O. Holdaway has completed many long distance operational flights over Cyrenaica, Crete, and enemy-occupied territory in Egypt. As a captain of aircraft, he proved to be an outstanding figure during the recent emergency. Pressing home each attack with coolness and determination, whatever the opposition, be never failed to complete his mission, sometimes with his aircraft in a state of unserviceability which would have fully justified a return to base."

Course 31: June 23 - September 11, 1941

Wing Commander R.C. Gordon presented wings to 51 graduates

Top in class: (J/7318 - R/77447) Ernest (Peter) Heybroek - 29/410/406/409 Sqns., Victoria, B.C.

(J/7319 - R/81413) George Mallilieu Bower - 409 Sqn., Vancouver; (J/7320) Eric Lally Kenny; +(J/7321) Stanley Joseph Beranek - 408 Sqn., Saskatoon; (J/7322) Gordon Ross Wright; (J/7323) Palmer Lonseth - 11 Sqn., Dinsmore, Sask.; +(J/7324) Frederic Grant Willis - 602 Sqn., Victoria, B.C.; (J/7325) Francis Thomas Sheedy - 7 B&GS; +(J/7326) Geoffrey Turner - DFC 75 Sqn., Minaki, Ont.; (J/7327) Douglas Bernard Agate; +(J/7328) Arthur Thomas Persian - 418 Sqn., Bowsman River, MB; (J/7329) Victor Francis Mahony; (J/7330) Robert McDonald Mitchell - PoW 214 Sqn.; (J/7331) William Clifford Sanderson - DFC 408 Sqn.; +(J/7332) Joseph Harry Smith - 353 Sqn., Kamloops

+(J/16764) Devereaux Richard Cecil 'Dick' McDonald - 432 Sqn., Minnedosa, MB; +(R/86317) Martin Neil McKay, Selkirk, MB; +(R/86111) Nikolas H. Hrehorak, Winnipeg; +(R/86124) Ralph Ainsworth Post - 106 Sqn., Bradwardine, MB; (R86106) Stanley John Kernaghan - DFM 252 Sqn., AFC; +(R/86146) Walter Graham Smith, Dauphin; (J/15613) John Maxwell 'Max' Portz - 242 Sqn. Dieppe - DFC 411 Sqn., Weyburn, SK; (R/81403) Hershel Homer Davis - KIFA 420 Sqn.; +(R/86144) Harry Lawton - 97 Sqn.; +(R74965 - J.16866) Edward Ian Ross 'Eddy' Davidson - 22 OTU, Vancouver

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No. 18 EFTS Boundary Bay, B.C. (Co. 25): Heybroek; Kernaghan, McDonald, Portz, Bower, Lonseth, Davis, Lawton, Davidson

Course 33: July 3 - September 23, 1941

July 20, 1941: Flying commenced "D" Flight

Wing Commander R.C. Gordon pinned wings on the 46 graduates. Top student was (J/7741) Ralph Egil Farvolden, Forestburg, Alberta

(J/7742) Hugh Francis Darragh - AFC, Vancouver; (J/7743) George Benson Johnston (poet) 5 OTU Toronto; (J/7744) James Russell Watson - 164 (T) Sqn., Toronto; (J/7745) Malcolm Silliman McLean; +(J/7746) Beverley Wayne Pritchard - 407 Sqn., Chatham, Ont.; (J/7747) Albert Alton Bishop (DFC - U-489); (J/7748) Maxwell Clare Wilson; (J/7749) Charles Robert Fogal; (J/7750) Andrew Douglas Smith; (J/7751) Stanley Vernon Kembry; (J/7752) John Lester Knowlton; (J/7753) Gordon Casey Walsh; (J/7754) Donald Jaffray Urquhart; +(J/7755) William Boyd Anderson - 407 Sqn., Craigmyle, Alberta

+(R/82050) Moses Zumar - 407 Sqn., Ottawa; George Wilson Bolton, Westboro; Donald Alfred Weskett, Ottawa; William Boyd Garland 119/191 Sqns., Smiths Falls; C.M. Thomson, Almonte; Edward Charles Lawrence, Ottawa

+(J/17041) Leslie Arthur Wood - 410 Sqn., Bananera, Guatemala; Fraser Wood; +(R/73485) Clowes Edwin Hall - 51 Sqn., Fredericton, NB; (J/21289) W.M. Haggart, Midland, Ont.; (J/16220) Lawrence Edwin Gardiner - 413 Sqn., Woodstock, Ont.; W.A. Cameron, Sioux Lookout; W.E. Forman, North Vancouver; +(R85578 - J16404) Bliss Duffield King - 119 Sqn., Toronto

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No. 18 EFTS Boundary Bay: Darragh

No. 19 EFTS Virden (Co. 28): Gardiner, Johnston, Weskett, Garland, King

RNZAF: +(NZ41527) Cecil George Russell - 55 Sqn.; A.F. Crane, Wanganui, NZ

Course 35: August 8 - October 22, 1941

October 13, 1941: Seven Sgt. students were presented with their wings by the C.O. - 54 received their wings from G/C Mercer of No. 3 B & G October 22.

October 22, 1941: Wing Commander R.C. Gordon presented wings.

53 in course

+(J/8210) Victor Thomas Robinson, 404 Sqn.; (J/8211) William Struan Robertson - DFC 436 Sqn., Scarborough; (J/8212) Drummond Sutton Mussett - ev 21 Sqn.; (J/8213) Donald Scott Morgan - PoW 428 Sqn., Lucan/London, Ont.; (J/8214) Gordon R. Edward, London; +(J/8215) Clifford Wilbert Pafford - 115 Sqn., St. Thomas, Ont.;+(J/8216) Douglas Gordon Fraser - 426 Sqn., Toronto; +(J/8217) James Bathune McWilliam, Toronto; (J/8218) Charles Jackson Radford, Toronto; +(J/8219) Lou Warren Somers - 427 Sqn., Toronto; (J/8220) David Laffitte Rogan - 13 Sqn.; (J/8221) Alton Harding Langille - PoW 103 Sqn.; (J/8222) George Alfred Painter - 221 Sqn.; (J/8223) Perley Carroll Smith, Truro, N.S.; (J/8224) Marlin Edgar Bell, (J/8225) D.W. Cooke; +(J/8226 - R/79168) Charles Fuller Hanisch

(R/79011) William Brewster Morgan; (R/83219) Edward McSherry Woddrop; (R/66449) Sam Allen Howard; +Shand; +Lewis; (R/84298) John E. Carroll, Kitchener; Hugh N. Cornwall, Iroquois Falls; Edward A. Dawson, Iroquois Falls; +(J/15986) William Howard Duncan - 408 Sqn., Midland; +(J/23078) Robert Roy Giffin - 514 Sqn., Toronto; Richard Leonard 'Dick' Reeves - 129 Sqn. Dieppe/403 Sqn., Toronto; +(J/88799) Francis Michael Scandiffio, Toronto his brother Thomas Peter Scandiffio killed in 1943; +(R/85734) Bert Strachan - 501 Sqn., Toronto; Robert Tidy, Toronto; (J/16942) Donald Wallace Goodwin DFC & Bar 421/229/442 Sqns., Maynooth; +(R/93351) Earl James Haid - 38 Sqn. DAF, Britton; +(R/78887) Donald McLellan Leitch, Strathroy; +(R/7671) Alfred Roger Juneau - 10 Sqn., Ottawa; Archie MacDonald, Angus; James F. Moore, Napanee; Neil F. Moore, Napanee; Douglas G. Reid, Trenton; Sidney B. Robson, Port Hope; Lloyd J. Stock, Clinton; Frederick R. Tillotson, Windsor; (R/75092) William Vernon Rattee - KIFA 69 Sqn., Baltimore AG726 March 3, 43; +(R/83454) Howard Clark Lewis - 9 Sqn.

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No. 14 EFTS Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (Co. 30): Robertson, Smith, Shand, Goodwin, Scandiffio, Juneau

No. 19 EFTS Virden (Co. 30): Hanisch, Seymour, Rattee, Lewis

September 13, 1941: +(R/82579) John Paul 'Jack' Seymour killed in flying accident

September 13, 1941: +(R/83264) William Simon Shand killed in flying accident while acting as pupil navigator on cross country exercise

Course 37: August 31 - November 21, 1941

Wings parade held in the drill hall. Group Captain Scott C.O. of No. 2 'M' Depot presented wings to the 51 graduates.

Mayor Frederick H. Young presented a plaque to +(J/8961 - R/86611) John Stewart Haynes - 172 Sqn., Lloydminster, SK for top student in the class

(J/8962) Gilbert Currie - Johnson; (J/8963 - R/98074) Donald Aldrich; (J/8964 - R/79342) Jacques Andre Hubert (John) de la Paulle - DFC 422 Sqn.; +(J/8965 - R/101564) Harold Earl Brown - 627 Sqn.; (J/8966 - R/95819) Benjamin Lee Littlejohn - KIFA USAAF; (J/8967 - R/101258) Christy Delon Teters Jr. - FI 2 SF/165 Sqn.; +(J/8968 - R/101783) George Eyre Robson Jr.; (J/8969 -R/79334) Terrill Daniel Kerns - FI 12 SF; (J/8970) Belissario Herman Tomas Buzeta; (J/8971) Allison Brant Howell - DFC 423 Sqn., Boissevain, MB; (J/8972) Alfred Herbert Russell - DFC 423 Sqn., Tofield, Alta.; (J/8973 - R/79335) De Forrest Von Laufer; +(J/8974) Murray Kerr Sexton - 207 Sqn., Regent, MB; (J/8975) Edward Stanley Robert Boughton; +(J/8976 -R/101689) Robert Leroy Keniston - 101 OTU; (J/8977 - R/100987) Milton Wells 'Larry' Doyle

(R/100604) Allan Bunte - 165 Sqn.; (R/97580) Robert Douglas Hobert; (R/94962) William John Senger - 7 Sqn.; (R/101674) Marcell Emery Fountain - PoW 91 BG; +(R/97509) Allan Barnes Goff - 15 (P) AFU; (R/95151) Paul Forsythe; (R/84178) Leonard Meldeau - 421 Sqn.; Charles Richard Leppert; (R/95937) George Joseph Ryan; (R/79356) Francis McClellan; (J/85189) James Bishop; Gilbert Currie-Johnson, Goodlands, MB; (R/101143) Marcus Carroll Linn - 2 AFU/54 OTU/406 Sqn.; +(R/89659) Arthur Theodore "Ted" Morgan - 296 Sqn.; +(R/95882 - J/16434) Stuart Rogers Jr. - KIFA unauthorized low flying Henley L3390; +(R/98121) Richard Elmer Stageman - 16 OTU; +(R/98213) Ralph Edgar Taylor - DFM 420/432 Sqns.; +(R/98205 - J/16388) James 'Jim' Woolford - 61 Sqn.

Hernan Buseta, a building contractor from Santiago, Chile, was one of the graduates.

"The boys, Canadians and Americans in my classes were all good fellows and the people in the towns where I was stationed were very kind.

"The instructors made every effort to help me, offering special classes and two young fellows, Frazer and Arthur Wood, English boys from Guatemala, explained the most difficult points to me in Spanish."

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No. 19 EFTS Virden (Co. 33): Haynes, Linn, de la Paulle, Senger, Howell, Russell, Doyle, Ryan, Leppert, Littlejohn, Kerns, Hobert, Morgan, Robson, Rogers, Stageman, Taylor, Woolford, Goff

Course 39: Sept. 25 - December 17, 1941

Wings parade held in the Drill Hall at 1500 hours 34 graduates.

Wings were presented by G/C/ Emmett of No. 41 SFTS Weyburn

(J/9467) Sgt. Pilot William Murray Oliphant (FI 7 SF), Victoria, B.C. was the honour student receiving the City of Brandon plaque from Mayor Young.

+(J/9468 R/101277) William Fleming Borrett - (FI 1 SF) 415 Sqn., Winnipeg; (J/9469) Robert Arthur Hayden; (J/9470) Laurence Edgar Giles; (J/9471) Joseph Gregory Matthews; (J/9472) Stanley John Stirling; +(J/9473) James Lloyd Darby - 198 Sqn., Vancouver; (J/9474) William Ewing Smith; (J/9475) George William Taylor; (J/9476) Arnold Walter Pavey; +(J/9477) Albert 'Red Brick' Hoffman - 31 OTU; +(R/101420) John George Fruchtl - 102 OTU

(R92979 - J16680) James Robert Burton - DFM 405 Sqn., 164/165 Sqns.; +(R/102895) Frank Lee Shelnutt - 156/428 Sqn.

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No. 2 EFTS Ft. William (Co. 35): 22 trainees - Shelnutt; Fruchtl

No. 19 EFTS Virden (Co. 35): Borrett, Burton

Course 41: October 11 - January 16, 1942

52 New Zealanders. 16 more arrive October 27.

Mayor Young presented wings to 44 New Zealanders and 15 Canadians. Honour plaque presented to LAC Elder of New Zealand. Under new set up, these students will remain on Station for another four weeks.

+(NZ413527) Frank Lancelot Martyn Whibley, +(NZ413095) Thomas James Albert Long, +(NZ413453) Douglas Bernhardt Mollgaard; +(413515) Lloyd Allan Trigg VC, DFC 200 Sqn. U-468; (NZ413518) Ron Verity - 458 Sqn.; (NZ413009) Robert Edward Atkin; +(NZ413374) George Brown - 51 Sqn.; +(NZ413377) Peter John Oswald Buck DFC 75 Sqn.; +(NZ413144) James Stewart - 114 Sqn., Khandallah, Wellington; (NZ412756) G.T.P. Southall; +(NZ413467) James Victor Patrick - 297/9 Sqns., Otahuhu; +(NZ413463) John Austin Perres Nicholls - 296 Sqn., Parapararaumu; +(NZ413462) Robert Clayton Newcomb - 115 Sqn., Auckland

December 24, 1941: +(NZ413387) Henry George Deery crashed during night flying.

January 19, 1942: (NZ413063) LAC G.H.W. Hamilton and (NZ412238) LAC R.F. Kitto collided in mid-air and both instantly killed.

Course 43: November 22, 1941 - March 13, 1942

Wings Parade held in the afternoon. Wing Commander 'Johnny' Kent DFC & Bar, presented wings to 69 students. The large crowd thoroughly enjoyed Wing Commander Kent's address.

Mayor Young presented City of Brandon honour plaque to (J/10610) Robert Edward Harman

(J/10611 - R/106754) Clarence Murl Jasper - DFC 418 Sqn.; (J/10612) Manuel del Campo; (J/10612) William Charles Hailstone - 458 Sqn., Regina; (J/10613) Lewis Benjamin Wyman - AFC 45 Grp., Edmonton; (J/10614) George Gordon Wright - AFC Ferry Command, Tisdale, SK; (J/10615) Laurence Henderson Croft; (J/10616 - R/105876) Harold Arthur Henderson - 282 Sqn.; (J/10617) Allan James Edwards; (J/10618 - R/110037) Albert Sydney Ryan; (J/10619) Allan Gordon McRae; (J/10620) George John Moir; (J/106021 - R/110379) Jeane Owen Brice - 525 Sqn.; (J/10622) Albert Moore Carey

(R/110048 - J/26043) William Alfred Richards; (R/106900) Merida Lee Carter; Daryl 'Doc' Seaman - 500 Sqn.; +(R/116356 - J.16809) George Maxwell Schurman

(J/10612) Manuel Martinez del Campo Jr. - 415 Sqn.

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No. 5 EFTS High River: Jasper

No. 19 EFTS Virden, Manitoba (Co. 39): Wyman, Wright, Schurman, Seaman

Course 45: December 27, 1941 - April 10, 1942

Wings Parade held in the Drill Hall at 1500 hours. C.O. presented wings to 57 students.

(J/11025) LAC John Hutton Poulain, St. Boniface received the City of Brandon plaque from Mayor Young.

(J/11026) Edgar Andrews Cawker; (J/11027) William James Dotten; (J/11028) Norman McDonald Koester; (J/11029) Charles Harold Lockwood; (J/11030) Alan Drysdale

+(R103983) Roger John Barrett - 47 Sqn. Beaufighter LX929, Didsbury, Alta.; (J16436) Floyd Phillips

December 27, 1941: 34 students arrive from Virden and 28 arrive from No. 5 EFTS High River.

(J/17224) Edward John Alberts - DFC 420 Sqn., Melville, SK

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No. 5 EFTS High River (Co. 41): Barrett, Phillips

No. 19 EFTS: Alberts

Course 51: February 10 - July 3, 1942

Wing Commander Moncrieff presented wings

(J/12567) John Edward Andrews, Hollywood was top in class and received the City of Brandon plaque

+(J/12568) Edwin Earle Smith - 159 Sqn., Reston, Manitoba; (J/12569) C. Atkinson; (J/12570) James Wilson Mathers - DFC 162 Sqn., Vancouver; (J/12571) Clarence Ernest Robin - DFC 265 Sqn. U-197, Hazelton, B.C.; +(J/12572 - R/122069) Max Eugene Dowden - 640 Sqn.; (J/12573 - R/109962) Willard K. Wells; +(J/12574) Walter George Deveson, Sidney, B.C.; (R/12575 - R/122465) John Robert Colvin; (J/12576) Painter; (R/12577 - R/122488) Daniel Alksne

(J/29235) Daniel Walter Bradley (FI 5 SF); (J/29237) John Bernard MacHale - DFC 425 Sqn.; (J/28291) Jack Rasmussen

(R/122464) John Patrick Lee - DFM 150 Sqn., Cashmore, WA; S.C. Fraser, Norwood, Manitoba; E.E. Smith, Reston, Manitoba

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No. 18 EFTS: Lee, Mathers, Robin No. 19 EFTS Virden (Co. 45): MacHale; Alksne; Andrews; Dowden;

Trans: Dan Maynard; Robert Davis; (R/120631) Robert Reynolds; Broyles, Brown

Course 55: August 27, 1942

Honorable T.A. Barrow presented wings.

(J13597) Augustus Burton Stovel - DFC 139 Sqn., Winnipeg was the honour student. Pg. 1454

RCAF: (J13598) Victor Ernest 'Vic' McMann - 118/439 Sqn., PoW, Vancouver; +(J13599) James Raymond Cornwall - 407 Sqn., Minnedosa, MB; +(J13600) Keith Edwin Parkhurst - 405 Sqn., Hollyburn, B.C.; (J13602) John Conrad Guttormson - DFC 162 Sqn., Winnipeg

RNZAF: +(NZ417132) Noel Nathaniel Wakely - 196 Sqn. ; +(NZ417140) Russell Wood - 44 Sqn., +(NZ417067) Arthur Alexander Kennedy, +(NZ417096) Jack Moss Oliver; +(NZ417092) Kenneth Forbes Morrison - 78 Sqn., Christchurch; (NZ417085) John Russell Mayo - 75 Sqn.; +Maxwell Logan Bartley; Raymond Anthony Lindsay; +(NZ417003) Hugh Walter Beavis - 218 Sqn.; +Ron Brown; (416993) Kenneth Herbert Anstice; (NZ402836) R. Bond; +(NZ417013) Ronald Richmond Broun - 81 OTU

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No. 5 EFTS High River: Stovel, McMann

No. 19 EFTS: Gottormson

Course 57: June 7 - September 25, 1942

(414333) William John Amour posing outside his barrack after receiving his flying badge and sergeant's stripes at Brandon September 25, 1942. Shortly after graduation, he was placed under stoppage of pay amounting to $6.00 for damage done to the station amplifier! Armour later became a pilot officer and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was presumed killed December 20, 1943, when the No. 428 Squadron Halifax bomber he was piloting was shot down. The Australian draft in this course departed Sydney April 24, 1942 and arrived in Vancouver, B.C. May 15.

Course 59: July 6 - October 22, 1942

Graduation Thursday evening in a hangar prepared specially for relatives and guests of the young airmen.

The wings party, in command of Flying Officer T.G. Anderson, faced the saluting base, while three other training squadrons formed the flanks. The parade was commanded by Squadron Leader W.G. Welstead, administrative officer of the school. Wing Commander E.H. Moncrieff was in charge of the parade.

Lt. Col. S.S. English, officer commanding the A-4 artillery training centre, Brandon, told the class that the job facing them in the near future was that of eliminating the enemy, and every thought should be subordinated to this purpose,

"We have not become ruthless enough, we must become used to killing, facing it as our essential duty."

(J/20190) Donald C. Ewing received the City of Brandon plaque from Brig.-Gen. James Kirkcaldy.

(J/20176 - R/109368) James Marshall 'Jim' McRae - DFC 162 Sqn., received the Honour Plaque from Mayor Young

+(J/20177) David Douglas 'Doug' Watterson - 420 Sqn., Windsor; +(J/20179) Roderick James Matheson - 190 Sqn., Edmonton; +(J/20180) Nicholas John Tuchtie - 407 Sqn., Chatham, Ont.; +(J/20187) Kaiho Thomas Penkuri - 514 Sqn., Wellington, Ont.; (J/20191) Louis Eric John Murphy - DFC 427 Sqn., (KIFA Estevan 1946) Woodroffe, Ont.; (J/20193) James Sylvester Mitchell

+(R/128345) Leo Harkness Patterson - 420 Sqn.; (R/120945 - J/19643) Elmer John 'Al' Trotter DFC, DFM - PoW 101/ 156/ 582 Sqns., Tuberose, Sask.; +(R/126657 - J.87449) Bertram Ernest Drewery - 429 Sqn., Charing Cross; A.J. Headland, Ottawa; W.R. Willard, Pt. Perry; S.R.W. Laine, Pt. Arthur

RAAF graduates

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Course 61: November 19, 1942

A.C. Nevill, CBE, Deputy Chief of the New Zealand Air Staff, presented wings to the graduates.

His Worship, Mayor Young, presented the Honour Plaque to +(NZ421022) Alastair Grant Creary - KIFA 111 OTU, on behalf of the citizens of Brandon.

(NZ416994) Peter Ashwell; +(NZ421011) Colin Baxter Bowling - 90 Sqn.; (NZ392010) Basil John Francis Bretherton; (NZ42372) William Horaito Clegg; +(421123) Richard Charles Whitmore - 75 (NZ) Sqn. Auckland; +(NZ421090) Victor Trevor Parkin - 75 (NZ) Sqn., Dargaville

RAAF: John W. Thorpe

Course 63: August 29 - December 17, 1942

+(J/21832 - R/51518) Harvey Samuel Luck - 279 Sqn., Toronto; (J/21835) W.B. Gardiner; (J/21836) W.D.C. Smiley; (J/21837) Bernard Percy Swingler - 439 Sqn.; (J/21838) H.A. Cunningham; (J/21841) W.W. West, Gravenhurst; (J/21842) A.F. McLarty; (J/21843) K.R. Reeves, Weston; +(J/21847 - R51554) Frank Earl Connors, Pt. Arthur, Ont.; (J/21848) L.C. Moffatt; (J/21849 - R/134880) Franklin Murton Cogswell; (J/21851) J. Hunter, Guelph

W.L. Durham, Toronto; R. Fullerton, Toronto; J. Hunter, Guelph; J.C. MacGillivray, Dalkeith; +(J/86160) Basil William Pattle - 426 Sqn., Windsor; W.M.P. Ross, Welland

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No. 2 EFTS (Co. 58): Luck, Connors

Luck had remustered from AFM to aircrew in March 1942

Course 95: Nov. 28, 1943 - April 20, 1944

Wing Commander T.R. Michelson, Station C.O., presented wings. (GB1605668) J.L. Chandler, of Essex, England received the Brandon Plaque from Mayor H.L. McDorman

44 RCAF: (J44366) Richard Franklin Evans, Picton; (J44367) William Bell Simpson; (J44368) Ernest George Petrie; (J44369) Donald Alvin Sutherland; (J44370) John James Lucas; (J44371) James Arthur Lamb, Ottawa; (J44372) Albert Wren, Eagle River; (J44373) James Herald Ewart; (J44374) Henry Ewart Graham Madill, Uxbridge; (J44375) William Elgin Graham, Hamilton; (J44376) Arnold John 'Arnie' Bauer, Fisherville; (J44377) Stanley Russell Finch; (J44378) Robert Aaron Bell; (J44379) William Bailey; (J44380) Gordon Leahy Angus, Toronto; (J44381) William Wendell Snow, Blenheim; (J44382) Jack Arthur Kernaghan, Colborne; (J44383) Woodrow Wilford Foell, Waterloo; (J44384) James Alexander Gillis; (J44385) Gerald Ray Ellis, Smithville; (J44386) John Lyle Morrison; (J44387) Earl Russel Paterson; (J44388) Stewart Heath; +(J44389) Roydon Hubert McLeod, Mather, Manitoba; (J44390) Percy Lorne Brooks, Toronto;

C.W. Hammond, Toronto; N.B. Lawrence, Toronto; L.R. Stoner, Peterborough; W.C. Columbus, Elmvale; B.J. Gillespie, Windsor; S.L. Heath, Westboro; R.D.F. Howard, Holstein; W.D. Ostrom, Ottawa; R.J. Smelhurst, Hamilton

8 RAF:

7 RNZAF:

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No. 19 EFTS Virden: McLeod

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