Born at Winnipeg, MB. Attended Buffalo, NY. public schools, mount Brydges and Longwood, Ont. schools and HB Beal Technical School, London, Ont. hobbies, hunting, boxing, swimming and dancing. He was an excellent mechanic. Enl. London,  Sep 1939. Trained at St. Thomas, Toronto, Trenton, Uplands, Jarvis and Brantford. 22 June 1940 married Eileen Hebden of London. Surv. parents Mr. Mrs. GE. Doan, London. Mr. Mrs. Paul Laskey, Melbourne, Ont. Mr. Mrs. Edwin Doan, Buffalo, NY. Mr. Mrs. Cecil Laskey, Leamington, Ont. Mrs. Mabel Land, Port Perry, Ont.Â