Pilot Officer Edward Emile GERVAIS

1920 - 1942  (22 years)

• Name	Edward Emile GERVAIS
  Prefix	Pilot Officer
  Birth	26 Mar 1920	Lapasse, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Christening	27 Mar 1920	Lapasse, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Attestation Papers	15 Jul 1940	Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
  Military	Royal Canadian Air Force, 405 Sqdn.
  WWII service	Observer
  Death	24 Sep 1942	Krusa, Aabenraa Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark   [4, 5]
  Burial	Aabenraa, Aabenraa Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark
  	Address: Aabenraa Cemetery Aabenraa, Syddanmark Denmark
  Person ID	I83854493	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Pte. Cyrille Napoleon GERVAIS,   b. 30 Jul 1897, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 29 Mar 1969, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Leda Louise ASSELIN,   b. 19 Oct 1893, Fort Coulonge, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada d. 24 Nov 1981, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	25 Jun 1919	Fort Coulonge, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F39191312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Gervais, Pilot Officer Edward - military photo Newspaper clipping from a Westmeath Twp. Memorial insert in the Cobden Sun, Aug 1997
  		Beachburg War Memorial, Beachburg, Ontario Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Westmeath War Memorial, Westmeath, Ontario (on the back) Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Pembroke War Memorial dedicated to WWII - right section photographed by Fay Bennett, Nov 2022

  
  

  Documents		Gervais, Edward E. arrives in Britain Newspaper clipping from The Ottawa Journal, May 19, 1943 p.21
  		Gervais, Pilot Officer Edward Emile 1920-1942 Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook collection of Whitewater Historical Society

  
  

  Headstones

  Memorial Dedicated to WWI & WWII casualties, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Lapasse, ON Photographed by Fay Bennett

  
  

  Histories

  Pilot Officer Edward Emile GERVAIS service summary Compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted

  
  

• Notes

  Education: 1932-1936 Lapasse High School Jun Met plus all courses in Seniors Met required for Teachers Certificant 1937-38 University of Ottawa Normal School - Teacher's Course; teaches both English and French Sports: Skiing, Softball, hockey, swimiming Hobbies: piano Taught 2 years Military: Lost in aircraft Halifax II W1274 International Bomber Command Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II Serial Number W1274 Markings LQ-R Takeoff Station Topcliffe Operation Flensburg. 28 aircraft, 5 lost (17.8%). Only 16 aircraft claims hits Reason for Loss Crashed on Elso Moor, close to the German-Danish border WWII service: Service #: J/15815 Rank: Pilot Officer Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force from CASPIR 405 Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), RAF Topcliffe. Halifax aircraft W 1274 LQ-R was lost on an operation against targets in Flensburg, Germany 1942-09-24, shot down by flak after being coned by a searchlight (Werfer 11 of the 1/Reserve-Scheinwerfer-Abteilung 609). The bomber was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak of the 1/Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 306 and crashed on Elso moor, west of Kelstrup plantation in Denmark Pilot Officer WM Webb (RCAF), Pilot Officer EE Gervais (RCAF), Flight Sergeant J Ott (RCAF), Sergeant JM Rankin (RCAF), Flight Sergeant MK Burke (RAAF), Sergeant JH Kaufman (RAFVR)(Can) and Flight Sergeant W Sheldon (RAFVR), were all killed in action Memorial cross sent to mother Attestation Papers: occupation School Teacher age 201/2; 5'5 3/4" weighing 128 lb Roman Catholic Fair complexion; blue eyes; Blond hair

  
  

• Sources

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