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LACELLE, J H M - Pilot Officer

Pilot Officer
JOSEPH HARVEY MILTON (J H M) LACELLE

  • Canadian Fallen Soldier - Pilot Officer JOSEPH HARVEY MILTON LACELLE

  • Pilot Officer
    JOSEPH HARVEY MILTON (J H M) LACELLE

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    JOSEPH HARVEY MILTON (J H M) LACELLE
    18 July 1918
    Hurdmans Bridge, Ontario, Canada
    J/15165
    31 May 1940 in Ottawa, Ontario, CA
    Pilot Officer
    Royal Canadian Air Force
    28 June 1942
    Previously reported missing, presumed killed in air operations
    23 years
    BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY

  • Pilot Officer JOSEPH HARVEY MILTON LACELLE's Story

  • Born
    18 July 1918 in Hurdmans Bridge, Ontario, Canada
    Enlisted
    31 May 1940 in Ottawa, Ontario | Age: 21 years
    Buried
    28 June 1942 - BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY | Age: 23 years

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Interesting Facts

  • Born in Hurdman's Bridge, Ontario, to father Theogene Lacelle and mother Victoria Lacelle (nee Craig). Harvey Lacelle represented Canada in the 1936 Olympics as a boxer. He attended the Ottawa Technical School specializing in Electricity, and after enlisting excelled in his training. This allowed him to rise quickly to the rank of Officer. Pilot Officer Lacelle was a member of a five-man aircrew that failed to return after an attack on Bremen, Germany on June 27, 1942.

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Fallen Soldiers from Hurdmans Bridge Ontario, Canada

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Fallen Soldiers buried in BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY