Pilot Officer
JOSEPH HARVEY MILTON (J H M) LACELLE

• 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

• Pilot Officer
  LACELLE, JOSEPH HARVEY MILTON
  28 June 1942
  BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY
  

Fallen Comrades of the Royal Canadian Air Force

• Flying Officer
  HUTCHISON, ALICK MATHESON
  5 March 1945
  HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY
  
• Flight Sergeant
  LITYNESKY, STEPHEN WILLIAMS
  22 November 1943
  HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY
  
• Sergeant
  WASYLYKE, STEVE
  24 October 1943
  FLAGSTAFF COUNTY CEMETERY
  
• W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr.
  BELANGER, JOSEPH LÉO GÉRARD
  13 January 1943
  SILLOTH (CAUSEWAYHEAD) CEMETERY
  
• Flight Lieutenant
  WAY, WILFRED HOWARD
  7 June 1944
  BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
  
• Leading Aircraftman
  MCPHERSON, NEIL DAVID
  14 September 1943
  WAPELLA (ST. ANDREW'S) CEMETERY
  
• Flight Sergeant
  HARPER, ALAN BUCHAN
  23 June 1942
  SAGE WAR CEMETERY
  
• Sergeant
  SCHNAUFER, RALPH ROBERT HENRY
  16 November 1944
  RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
  
• Squadron Leader
  DRURY, WILLIAM HENRY ERSKINE
  5 January 1942
  OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL
  
• Flight Sergeant
  MELVILLE, ROBERT LEARMONTH
  17 November 1944
  BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
  
• W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr.
  RICHARDS, GORDON HUBERT
  17 November 1942
  SAFFRON WALDEN CEMETERY
  
• Pilot Officer
  POCH, LOUIS
  10 September 1942
  RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY