Leading Aircraftman Joseph Georges Lucien Guerin

Joseph Georges Lucien Guerin, usually known as Lucien, was born in Montreal on 10 December 1925 to Emilien Guerin and Amanda Charbonneau. He attended Vaudriel Public School and worked as a machine operator and apprentice machinist at Jenkins Bros. and Crane Ltd. He enjoyed reading and sports and knew first aid. Rejected by the Army for being underweight, he enlisted in the RCAF at Montreal on 26 June 1944. A construction hand who also worked with machine-shop tools, he served in Canada and Newfoundland and became a Leading Aircraftman. He was honourably released at Lachine on 16 September 1946. After the war he sought machinist training toward becoming a tool-and-die maker and worked for Simmons Limited. He married Jeannine Schinck on 1 July 1949. He returned to RCAF reserve service with 401 Fighter Squadron from April 1951 to March 1954, servicing aircraft while also attending night school. The existing memorial records his death at Coteau-Landing on 13 October 1987 and burial in Valleyfield Catholic Cemetery Field of Honour.

1925-12-10 — Born at Montreal, Quebec.
1932 to 1940 — Attended Vaudriel Public School, reaching Grade 8; ordinary subjects, at Montreal, Quebec.
1940 to 1943 — Worked as a machine operator at Jenkins Bros.; left because dissatisfied, in Montreal, Quebec.
1943 — Worked for seven months at Crane Ltd., plumbing/heating supply manufacturer; production stopped; then returned to Jenkins Bros., in Montreal, Quebec.
1944-06-15 — Army medical rejection for underweight reported in RCAF entrance history; applicant resided in Montreal, Quebec.
1944-06-16 — Applied for ground duties; assessed fit A4B, Grade 8, handy with tools and used to hard work; examined at No. 13 Recruiting Centre, Montreal, Quebec.
1944-06-26 — Attested at No. 13 Recruiting Centre, Montreal, Quebec, into RCAF Special Reserve as Aircraftman 2nd Class and Construction Hand; taken on strength of No. 5 Manning Depot at St. Hubert, Quebec.
1944-06-27 — Signed family declaration: single, parents alive, Sun Life insurance; dental examination found neglected hygiene, denture problems and extraction needs; at No. 5 Manning Depot, St. Hubert, Quebec.
1944-06-29 — Treated for boil on back of neck and returned to duty with No. 5 Manning Depot, St. Hubert, Quebec.
1944-07-03 — TABT inoculation recorded; Dick test negative and Schick markings conflicting; with No. 5 Manning Depot, St. Hubert, Quebec.
1944-07-26 — Struck off strength of No. 5 Manning Depot at St. Hubert, Quebec.
1944-07-27 — Taken on strength of No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit, subsequently documented at Tufts Cove, Nova Scotia.
1944-07-28 — Recruit-training assessment rated bearing/deportment and overall performance Good; record of No. 5 Manning Depot, St. Hubert, Quebec.
1944-08-01 to 1944-12-20 — Temporary duty from No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit at Gander, Newfoundland.
1944-08-11 — Treated for bruised left leg and returned to duty at Gander, Newfoundland.
1944-09 / 1944-10 — Request to appear before machinist trade-test board not approved because trade closed; exact refusal date differs, with No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit.
1944-09-06 — Specialist assessment supported Group C machinist competence; remustering application from general duties considered with No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit.
1944-09-18 — Construction Hand Group C qualification recorded with No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit.
1944-09-26 — Reclassification to Aircraftman 1st Class recorded in personnel summaries; with No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit.
1944-12 — Personnel summaries record advancement to Leading Aircraftman; day differs between 26 and 30 December; with No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit.
1944-12-20 — Gander temporary duty ceased and one day flying pay recorded; returned to No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Nova Scotia.
1944-12-21 — Bruised right great toe, treated with hot soaks while with No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Nova Scotia.
1944-12-30 to 1945-01-04 — New Year leave recorded with ration allowance; credited duration differs between five and six days; with No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Nova Scotia.
1945-01-04 to 1945-01-10 — Five days isolation leave plus two travel days recorded with No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Nova Scotia.
1945-01-11 to 1945-01-24 — Fourteen days annual leave with No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Nova Scotia.
1945-01-27 to 1945-01-30 — Absent without leave 0800 to 0800, three days, with No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Tufts Cove, Nova Scotia.
1945-01-31 — Awarded 72 hours detention and three days pay forfeiture for January absence, at No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Tufts Cove, Nova Scotia.
1945-02-06 — Common cold; short excused-duty disposition recorded, with No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Nova Scotia.
1945-02-08 — Counselling recorded toolmaking ambitions, lathe experience, French and English and return-to-employer plan at No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Tufts Cove, Nova Scotia.
1945-02-09 — Catarrhal bronchitis; rest and short excused-duty disposition recorded with No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Nova Scotia.
1945-02-13 — Authorized one-way air passage from Moncton for 16 February temporary duty at Gander, Newfoundland.
1945-02-16 to 1945-03-01 — Absent without leave from clearance expiry at 2359 on 16 February to reporting at 0400 on 1 March; close arrest at RCAF Station Moncton, New Brunswick.
1945-03 — February Gander temporary-duty posting cancelled; no completed flight inferred; parent unit at Tufts Cove, Nova Scotia.
1945-03-02 — No. 8 CMU requested escort to return airman from Moncton; escort rail transport authorized through Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1945-03-03 — Moncton sent documentary evidence of late reporting/close arrest to No. 8 CMU, based at Tufts Cove, Nova Scotia.
1945-03-05 — No. 8 CMU urgently requested apprehension details; station confirmed 0400 on 1 March, at Moncton, New Brunswick.
1945-03-06 — Sentenced to 27 days detention, generally 13 days absence pay forfeiture and $13.70 apprehension-cost stoppage; No. 8 CMU at Tufts Cove, Nova Scotia.
1945-03-07 to 1945-03-31 — Confined from 1000 on 7 March to release to escort at 1400 on 31 March; fit, 137½ pounds on admission, good conduct on release; at Eastern Air Command Detention Barracks, Debert, Nova Scotia.
1945-04 — Temporary duty again recorded at Gander, dates differ between 3, 5 and 8 April; with No. 8 CMU at Gander, Newfoundland.
1945-04-06 — One day flying pay recorded with No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit.
1945-05-01 to 1945-07-26 — Temporary duty with No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit at Torbay, Newfoundland.
1945-07 / 1945-08 — Annual/isolation/travel leave scheduled 30 July–17 August; one form cancels it while others retain annual leave through 12 August; no completed leave asserted; with No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit.
1945-07-14 to 1945-07-17 — Absent without leave from about 0800 to apprehension at 1815, three days 10 hours 15 minutes, at RCAF Station Torbay, Newfoundland.
1945-07-19 to 1945-07-22 — Awarded 96 hours detention and four days absence pay/allowance forfeiture, with detention-pay forfeiture recorded, at RCAF Station Torbay, Newfoundland.
1945-08-08 — Temporary duty to Halifax via No. 1 Release Depot, Moncton, by ferry recorded; destination Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1945-08-18 — Temporary duty cessation recorded; parent unit documented at Clarence Park, Nova Scotia.
1945-08-22 to 1945-09 — Temporary duty at Greenwood; cessation day differs between 24 and 27 September; at Greenwood, Nova Scotia.
1945-10-02 — Struck off No. 8 Construction and Maintenance Unit for No. 1 CMU; departing Nova Scotia.
1945-10-03 — Taken on strength of No. 1 Construction and Maintenance Unit at Toronto, Ontario.
1945-11-15 to 1945-11-28 — Posting-location inquiry from No. 1 KTS Toronto answered by Records Office as No. 8 CMU Clarence Park, differing from transfer forms; no new transfer inferred; correspondence through Ottawa, Ontario.
1945-11-30 to 1945-12-04 — Absent without leave 0830 to 0830, four days; conduct sheet offence column differs, at No. 1 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Toronto, Ontario.
1945-12-05 — Forfeiture of four days pay and allowances recorded for November–December absence, at No. 1 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Toronto, Ontario.
1945-12-27 to 1946-01-04 — Absent without leave 0800 to 0800, eight days, at No. 1 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Toronto, Ontario.
1946-01-04 to 1946-01-17 — Awarded 14 days detention and pay/allowance forfeiture; pay form runs through 17 January, with No. 1 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Toronto, Ontario.
1946-04 to 1946-06 — Temporary duty from No. 1 Construction and Maintenance Unit at St. Hubert; exact endpoints conflict; at St. Hubert, Quebec.
1946-05-31 — Garage door fell while on duty, injuring left scapular area and right foot; first treatment after 1 hour 35 minutes and admission to Station Hospital, Lachine; accident at St. Hubert, Quebec.
1946-06-01 — X-ray report found no bony injury but labels left ankle with handwritten question Right; injuries assessed unlikely to cause later disability; at No. 2 Release Centre, Lachine, Quebec.
1946-06-11 — Commanding officer certified garage injury sustained on duty without fault or misconduct; further temporary-duty posting recorded, precise Quebec destination differs; with No. 1 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Quebec.
1946-07-02 — Signed War Service Badge General Service Class receipt, number 1453233; with No. 1 Construction and Maintenance Unit.
1946-07-22 to 1946-07-29 — Seven days annual leave credited with No. 1 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Ontario.
1946-07-29 to 1946-07-30 — One day travel time credited with No. 1 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Ontario.
1946-08-28 — War Medal entitlement entered with No. 1 Construction and Maintenance Unit.
1946-09 / 1946-10 — Twenty-one days special leave commuted; documentary ranges differ and do not alter discharge on 16 September; discharge address 5284 Notre Dame Street West, St. Henri, Montreal, Quebec.
1946-09-10 — Release posting and 21 days commuted special leave authorized at No. 1 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Weston, Ontario.
1946-09-12 — Posted for release from No. 1 CMU Weston to No. 2 Release Centre, Lachine, Quebec.
1946-09-13 — Reported to No. 2 Release Centre; discharge dental assessment recorded extensive extraction/restoration and denture requirements, at Lachine, Quebec.
1946-09-14 — Final employment assessment marked fit for heavy manual, industrial and full-time sedentary work; at No. 2 Release Centre, Lachine, Quebec.
1946-09-16 — Honourably released on demobilization under KR (Air) 195(18), rank LAC, transferred to Reserve Class E; acknowledged discharge papers and badge; vocational counselling referred him for toolmaker training, at No. 2 Release Centre, Lachine, Quebec.
1946-10-11 — Release notification sent to Veterans Affairs with final examination papers; original entrance medical certificate, baptism extract and will returned by registered letter from Ottawa, Ontario.
1946-10-23 — Reply certified no dependant allowance and no assigned-pay/allowance overpayment deductible from gratuity; release administration through Ottawa, Ontario.
1946-11-06 — Gratuity calculation recorded 733 qualifying days, $180 gross, $154.31 Victory Loan/interest deduction and $25.69 net, payable to address at 5284 Notre Dame Street West, Montreal, Quebec.
1946-11-27 — Counselling recorded apprentice machining/toolmaking, one month elevator work at Hydro Quebec and occasional jobs; recommended Aviron machinist training, at Montreal, Quebec.
1946-12-03 — Training Board authorized 13-week machinist course from 9 December, $60 monthly allowance and $180 fees, at Aviron Ltd., 384 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec.
1946-12-10 — Veterans Affairs vocational training authorization recorded three months assistance toward tool-and-die making; unemployed with no other training income, at Montreal, Quebec.
1947-01 to 1951 — Machinist at Simmons Limited and baseball-team participant, in Montreal, Quebec.
1947-09-02 — Outpatient review for intermittent right occipital pain found normal skull/reflexes and no abnormality; address 3049 Albert Street; examined at Veterans Affairs outpatient service, Montreal, Quebec.
1948-03-15 — Final furniture re-establishment-credit payment $23.03 authorized, jointly payable to veteran and Syndicat St. Henri, at 3619 Notre Dame Street West, Montreal, Quebec.
1949 — Adopted child Michel listed in reserve application; 19 August date not identified clearly as birth/adoption and birthplace differs, associated with Quebec.
1949-07-01 — Married Jeannine Schinck at Montreal, Quebec.
1951 — Child Marie Cécile, additional name disputed, recorded born at MacKayville, Quebec.
1951 — Fifteen days reserve summer camp credited, days 2–16, month and location unstated; with 401 Fighter Squadron, Montreal, Quebec.
1951-03-27 — Reserve screening requested; Grade 9, married, former LAC construction hand and machinist applicant; possible initial 438 Squadron choice; at RCAF Recruiting Unit, Montreal, Quebec.
1951-04 to 1951-12 — Reserve attendance credited 8½ ordinary days April–June, five July–September and eleven October–December, with 15 summer-camp days separately, through 401 Fighter Squadron, Montreal, Quebec.
1951-04-02 to 1951-04-09 — Offer of reserve service accepted and authority to enlist received; required personal documents requested from RCAF Recruiting Unit, Montreal, Quebec.
1951-04-14 — Reserve application signed and classification tests completed; selected destination 401 Fighter Squadron at 4450 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec.
1951-04-17 — Re-engaged in RCAF Reserve for three years, service number 105316, LAC AE Tech with 401 Fighter Squadron; oath and medical assessment A4B; stated wartime medals not yet received; at Montreal, Quebec.
1951-06-13 — While tightening a connection during Vampire 50-hour inspection, slipped and struck right hand against frame; no hospital admission; at RCAF Station Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
1951-06-14 — Initial treatment for right-hand injury at RCAF Station Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
1951-07-05 — Reserve transfer approved effective 17 April by Air Defence Command authority at St. Hubert, Quebec.
1951-07-20 — Right-hand X-rays showed no bony injury or disease, at QMVH, Montreal, Quebec.
1951-07-25 — Orthopaedic consultation recommended physiotherapy and daily whirlpool bath for one week, at QMVH, Montreal, Quebec.
1951-08-07 — Orthopaedic consultant suspected painful subluxation at base of right fifth metacarpal; recommended plaster wrist cast for three weeks and follow-up, at QMVH, Montreal, Quebec.
1951-08-29 — Document-envelope correspondence confirmed 401 Fighter Squadron Reserve at RCAF Station St. Hubert, Quebec.
1951-09-24 — Award card bears uncertain medal dispatch annotation; receipt later dated 9 October without year; administrative record of Royal Canadian Air Force.
1951-10-23 — Struck off 401 Fighter Squadron and taken on strength of 3001 TTU, Quebec.
1952 to 1953 — Attendance record for 1952–1953 totals 29 credited days; individual half-day rounding remains as recorded, through 401 Fighter Squadron, Montreal, Quebec.
1952-05-16 — Returned from 3001 TTU to 401 Fighter Squadron, Montreal, Quebec.
1952-11-18 — Six months continuous duty requested from 20 November; one month special duty authorized pending decision; diligent, conscientious airman attending night school, with 401 Fighter Squadron, Montreal, Quebec.
1952-11-20 to 1952-12-31 — Posting forms show support-unit special-duty interval associated with 401 Fighter Squadron / 401 ASU, Montreal, Quebec.
1952-12-01 — Continuous-duty request declined because Regular Support AE Tech complement already filled; special/contact training suggested, reply issued at St. Hubert, Quebec.
1953-01-01 — Returned from support-unit posting to 401 Fighter Squadron, Montreal, Quebec.
1953-07-04 to 1953-07-10 — Reserve summer camp/temporary duty at RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario.
1953-12-01 — TAB examination recorded Failed; non-medical discharge proceedings noted; unavailable for medical examination, with 401 Fighter Squadron, Montreal, Quebec.
1954-03-16 — Released in absentia on non-medical grounds after no contact with unit; address 1767 Cartier Street, MacKayville; from 401 Fighter Squadron, Montreal, Quebec.
1954-11-16 — Later reserve release documentation processed for LAC 105316; associated unit 401 Fighter Squadron, Montreal, Quebec.
1954-12-01 — Service will returned with advice to execute current civilian will; letter addressed to 1767 Cartier Street, MacKayville, Quebec.
1977-09-23 — Requested replacement discharge papers for legal purposes; recalled enlistment date differs from official record; address 1400 Shevchenko, apartment 310, LaSalle, Quebec.
1977-10-07 — Official statement confirmed 26 June 1944–16 September 1946, LAC, Canada/Newfoundland and medals; issued for Joseph Georges Lucien Guerin.
1987-10-13 — Existing memorial records death at Coteau-Landing, Quebec.
1988-08-25 — Veterans Affairs requested proof of service for WVA application; postdates memorial death date, with no inference that veteran was alive; request from Montreal, Quebec.
1988-08-30 — Service confirmation reiterated identity, birth and wartime dates, including Newfoundland before VE Day; record for Joseph Georges Lucien Guerin.