Warrant Officer 2 Lawrence Roberts Brazier

Lawrence Roberts Brazier was born in Maisonneuve, Quebec, on 27 March 1915. He married Gladys Irena Whyte on 21 May 1938 and was working as a clerk when he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force Special Reserve at Montreal on 26 January 1940. Brazier advanced from Aircraftman Second Class through the non-commissioned ranks, becoming Acting Flight Sergeant in March 1942 and paid Temporary Flight Sergeant in June 1942. He remained in the RCAF after the war, joining the Regular Force in October 1946. His postwar career included supply and technical-service appointments, work as an instructor with the Joint Services Packaging School in Montreal, service at Air Materiel Command Headquarters, and an overseas posting to 3 Fighter Wing at Zweibrücken, Germany. He was promoted to Warrant Officer 2 with seniority from 1 April 1955 and later served with 6 Repair Depot at Trenton. After more than twenty-six years of continuous RCAF service, Brazier was compulsorily released on medical grounds on 26 May 1966. He died in Toronto on 30 April 1968.

1915-03-27 — Born
1938-05-21 — Married Gladys Irena Whyte
1940-01-11 — Medical examination recorded height 5 ft 11 in, weight 211 lb, chest 43.5 in with 3.5 in expansion; occupation Clerk.
1940-01-26 — Entered RCAF Special Reserve service as Aircraftman Second Class
1940-01-26 — Original RCAF Special Reserve attestation completed; service number R54770, occupation clerk, United Church, married, no prior service.
1940-01-26 — Enlisted through RCAF Montreal Recruiting and joined RCAF Manning Pool.
1940-04-26 — Promoted/reclassified Aircraftman First Class
1940-07-26 — Promoted Leading Aircraftman
1940-10-15 — Promoted Corporal
1941-03-01 — Promoted Sergeant
1942-03-30 — Appointed Acting Flight Sergeant (unpaid).
1942-06-01 — Promoted Flight Sergeant
1942-06-01 — Paid Temporary Flight Sergeant appointment became effective.
1945-11-30 — RCAF medical examination recorded weight 259 lb, obesity, occupation salesman and medical category A4B.
1946-09-30 — Completed RCAF Special Reserve service period
1946-10-01 — Began Regular RCAF service
1946-10-01 — Re-engaged in Regular RCAF for five years as Sergeant under service number 21206.
1947-09-25 — Signed election to contribute for prior wartime RCAF service; rank Sergeant
1949-01-31 — Certified statement of service recorded Special Reserve and Regular RCAF service and wartime promotion sequence.
1951-05 — Completed two-week Joint Services Packages course.
1953-01 to 1954-06 — Served/qualified at 1 Supply Depot.
1954-06-16 — Applied for promotion to commissioned rank as Flight Sergeant; section commander and AOC did not recommend commissioning.
1954-09 to 1956-09 — Instructor, Joint Services Packaging School.
1954-09-15 — Appointed RCAF representative to Joint Services Committee assisting with the Joint Services Packaging Course.
1954-09-23 — Recommended for promotion while serving as Flight Sergeant / Supply Technician.
1954-11 — Moved to 25 Central Ordnance Depot to assist the Joint Services Packaging Course.
1955-02-07 to 1955-02-24 — Hospitalized after a knee injury; final diagnosis traumatic synovitis.
1955-04-01 — Promoted to Warrant Officer 2; seniority effective from this date.
1955-06-20 to 1955-06-24 — Admitted with left buttock/perianal abscess and cellulitis; lesion drained and initially resolved.
1955-08-08 to 1955-08-24 — Hospitalized for persistent left-sided fistula-in-ano following the June abscess.
1955-08-11 — Fistulous tract laid open surgically for left-sided fistula-in-ano.
1956-09 to 1958-04 — Served at Air Materiel Command Headquarters (AMCHQ).
1958-04-22 — Household effects entered storage for overseas posting.
1960-06-22 — Treasury Board designated son George Brazier as a dependent for Hospital Insurance (Outside Canada).
1960-11-01 to 1960-11-10 — Hospitalized for back pain/fibromyositis and essential hypertension; hypertension persisted after back symptoms improved.
1961-07-12 — Chest X-ray recorded at 3(F) Wing RCAF; heart and lungs reported normal.
1961-10-06 — Recommended for promotion while WO2, Supply Technician 3, assistant Materiel Control Officer, Supply Section; recommendation later marked insufficient quota.
1962-07 — Returned from overseas service with 3 Fighter Wing and was taken on strength at 6 Repair Depot, Trenton.
1963-07-03 to 1963-07-25 — Hospitalized for investigation of longstanding hypertension and obesity; hypertensive retinal disease and ECG evidence of left ventricular stress documented.
1963-11-28 to 1963-12-18 — Hospitalized for nasal polyps and malignant hypertension; nasal polypectomy performed 29 November 1963.
1963-11-29 — Nasal polypectomy performed; multiple nasal polyps removed.
1965-03-25 to 1965-04-12 — Hospitalized for extended medical investigation.
1965-03-25 to 1965-04-08 — Hospitalized for investigation of gross obesity and essential hypertension; hypertensive changes and abnormal ECG/LVH documented.
1965-07-28 — Consultant recommended medical category ApBp because of gross exogenous obesity, essential hypertension and latent diabetes mellitus.
1965-09-14 — Awarded medical category ApBp
1965-09-16 — Medical consultant stated that Brazier was physically unfit to remain in service because of obesity and severe essential hypertension; hypertensive retinopathy noted.
1966-04-18 — Service Pension Board certified compulsory retirement because disabled
1966-05-26 — Released on medical grounds as Warrant Officer 2
1968-04-30 — Died
1968-05-02 — Funeral held