Sturgeon, Joseph George

Killed 1942-12-12

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Son of Frank and Ruth Sturgeon, of Bruce Mines, Ontario.

Home: Bruce Mines, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit


Base

Rank

Aircraftman 1st Class

Position

Aircraftman 1st Class

Service Numbers

R/173155

Home
Google MapBruce Mines, Ontario
First Burial
Google MapGander War Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland
One of sixteen airmen lost in the Knights of Columbus Hostel fire in St John's, Newfoundland. AC1 JG Sturgeon (RCAF), AC1 FJ Sawada (RCAF), AC1 V Callery (RCAF), AC1 FA Langley (RCAF), AC1 JG Lepine (RCAF), AC1 FE Burton (RCAF), AC1 JE Cusak (RCAF), AC1 RB Chapman (RCAF), AC1 SC Murray (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman GC Bellerive (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman JA Lawrence (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman JAIR Legris (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman JFRA Ouellet (RCAF), Leading Aircraftman LE Hoggard (RCAF), Sergeant WL Ibbotson (RCAF), and Cpl RH Corner (RCAF) were killed or died of injuries.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Findagrave.com

Hostel KnightsofColumbus

Male Head

Leading Aircraftman Bellerive, Gomer Couture (RCAF)

Died
1942-December-12
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Aircraftman 1st Class Burton, Frank Earl (RCAF)
air frame mechanic
Killed
1942-December-12
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Aircraftman 1st Class Callery, Vincent (RCAF)

Killed
1942-December-12
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Aircraftman 1st Class Chapman, Roy Benjamin (RCAF)

Killed
1942-December-12
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Corporal Corner, Roy Henry (RCAF)
aero engine mechanic
Killed
1942-December-12
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Aircraftman 1 Cusack, Joseph Edmund (RCAF)

Killed
1942-December-12
St John (St Joseph's) Roman Catholic Cemetery, St John County, Newfoundland, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Hoggard, Lester Elwood (RCAF)
aero engine mechanic
Killed
1942-December-12
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Sergeant Ibbotson, Wallace Leslie (RCAF)

Killed
1942-December-12
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Aircraftman 1st Class Langley, Frederick Anthon (RCAF)
air frame mechanic
Killed
1942-December-12
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Lawrence, James Allison (RCAF)

Killed
1942-December-12
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Male Head

Leading Aircraftman Legris, Joseph Alphonse Irenee Roland (RCAF)

Killed
1942-December-12
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Aircraftman 1st Class Lepine, Joseph Georgebroise (RCAF)

Killed
1942-December-12
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Aircraftman 1st Class Murray, Stuart Clugston (RCAF)
wireless operator, ground
Killed
1942-December-12
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Ouellet, Joseph Francois Rene Aurele (RCAF)

Killed
1942-December-12
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Aircraftman 1st Class Sawada, Frank Joseph (RCAF)

Killed
1942-December-12
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Aircraftman 1st Class Sturgeon, Joseph George (RCAF)
air frame mechanic
Killed
1942-December-12
CWG Cemetery, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada