Claude Oscar LeGroulx


Imaqe of John Doe Birth: May 12, 1923 Alexandria, Ontario
Marriage: - single
Death: 26 Jul 1943 Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Burial: Sacre-Coeur Cemetery Alexandria, ON
Father: William John Legroulx 1895 - 1971
Mother: Albina Bellefeuille 1899 - 1975

S gt (WAG) - R169406 from Alexandria, Ontario, killed July 26, 1943 Age 21 #31 Operational Training Unit, Debert, Nova Scotia The crew of Hudson aircraft # FK539 were engaged in a cross-country exercise when their aircraft crashed and burned atop a 1,000 foot mountain peak in Mavou Mountain, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. WO1 A.A. MacLeod, Sgt J.M. L’Heureux, P/O’s R.J. Parr (RAF), and E. Smith (RAF) were also killed. Sergeant Wireless Operator Air Gunner Legroulx is buried in the Sacred Heart Cemetery, Alexandria, Ontario

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