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Sergeant Kenneth Gordon Cameron

Survivor of WW2

Date of Death:

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Service Biography

Kenneth Gordon Cameron was born at Ville St. Pierre, Quebec, on 23 April 1917. A 1939 science graduate of Sir George Williams College and mechanical draughtsman, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps at Westmount on 25 September 1940. He served as a laboratory technician with No. 14 Canadian General Hospital and No. 1 Research Laboratory in Britain, Italy and North-West Europe, attaining sergeant rank. Released on compassionate grounds at Montreal South on 13 October 1945, he studied medicine at McGill University with veterans' assistance and completed an internship at Montreal General Hospital. By January 1951 he was a physician in his own Montreal practice. The existing memorial profile records his death on 13 July 1998.

General Information

Conflict:
WW2
Regimental No.:
D-95879
Cause of Death (in war):
Survived
Branch:
Army
Regiment:
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Battalion:
No. 24 Canadian General Hospital
Company:
Date of Birth :
Place of Birth:
Ville St. Pierre, Quebec
Date of Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
23 years 5 months
Date of Discharge:
Age at Discharge:
28 years 5 months
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
81 years 2 months
Country Born:
Canada
Trade or Calling:
Mechanical draughtsman; later physician
Next of Kin:
Mrs. Johanna McLeod (mother), Box 63, R.R. No. 1, Dalkeith, Ontario
Address at Enlistment:
47 Sixth Avenue, Ville St. Pierre, Quebec
Religion:
United Church of Canada
Place of Enlistment:
Westmount, Quebec
Was a Prisoner of War:
No
Height:
5 ft 9.0 in / 175 cm
Weight:
137 lbs / 62 kg
Chest:
36.0 in / 91 cm
Expansion:
4.5 in / 11 cm
Marital Status:
Single
Prior Military Experience:
No
Saw Service in:
Europe
Place of Discharge:
Montreal South, Quebec
Discharge Type:
Regular/End of Service
Discharge Notes:
Battle Died/Wounded:
Length of Service:
1844 days in service
Buried at:

Ranks

Conflict Rank Regiment Branch Unit Company Date From Date To
WW2 Sergeant Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 24 Canadian General Hospital
WW2 Sergeant Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 4 District Depot
WW2 Sergeant Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 12 Canadian Depot, Military District No. 4
WW2 Sergeant Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 24 Canadian General Hospital (all-purposes attachment)
WW2 Sergeant Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 3 Canadian General Hospital (rations and quarters)
WW2 Sergeant Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 24 Canadian General Hospital (all-purposes attachment)
WW2 Sergeant Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 1 Canadian Reinforcement Depot (attachment)
WW2 Sergeant Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 14 Canadian General Hospital (all-purposes attachment)
WW2 Sergeant Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 5 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station (all-purposes attachment)
WW2 Sergeant Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 1 British Casualty Clearing Station (attachment)
WW2 Sergeant Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 1 Research Laboratory
WW2 Sergeant Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 2 Canadian General Hospital (rations, quarters and pay)
WW2 Acting Sergeant Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 2 Canadian General Hospital (rations, quarters and pay)
WW2 Acting Sergeant Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 1 Research Laboratory
WW2 Acting Sergeant Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 14 Canadian General Hospital (attachment)
WW2 Corporal Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 14 Canadian General Hospital (all-purposes attachment)
WW2 Corporal Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 1 Research Laboratory
WW2 Corporal Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army E.M.S. Park Hospital (course attachment)
WW2 Corporal Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 14 Canadian General Hospital
WW2 Acting Corporal Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 14 Canadian General Hospital
WW2 Private Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army District Medical Stores (posted from No. 14 General Hospital)
WW2 Private Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 14 Canadian General Hospital
WW2 Private Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Army No. 14 Canadian General Hospital

Awards

Conflict Award Action Date of Award Date of Citation Source
WW2 War Service Badge (General Service Class) Add
WW2 1939–1945 Star Add
WW2 Italy Star Add
WW2 France and Germany Star Add
WW2 Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp Add
WW2 Defence Medal Add

Service Chronology

1917-04-23 — Born; Ville St. Pierre, Quebec.
1935 — Matriculated after seven years public school and four high school; Location not recorded.
1939-05 — Obtained B.Sc. at Sir George Williams College after four years physics/science; Montreal, Quebec.
1939–1940 — Worked approximately fifteen months as apprentice mechanical draughtsman for Dominion Bridge Company; saving for medicine; Lachine, Quebec.
1940-09-25 — Attested as Private D-95879, No. 14 General Hospital RCAMC; B1 due to vision; executed service will; Westmount, Quebec.
1940-10-18 — Vaccinated and received T.A.B. and tetanus toxoid; further T.A.B. inoculations on 4 and 15 November and tetanus on 21 December; Location not recorded.
1940-11 — Sun Life pay assignment $4 monthly effective; Montreal, Quebec.
1940-12-02 — Sick parade with uncertain sore-knee complaint; remained on duty; Westmount, Quebec.
1940-12-16 — Posted for duty at District Medical Stores; cessation dated 24 February 1941 was cancelled in one record; Montreal, Quebec.
1941-02-27 — Temporary Toronto Military Hospital attachment and laboratory course requested; attendance not confirmed; Toronto, Ontario (proposed).
1941-04-14 — Occupational interview: intended return to college to study medicine, not former employment; Location not recorded.
1941-06-20 — Embarked with No. 14 General Hospital for overseas; Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1941-06-21 — Taken on overseas accounting strength; actual disembarkation recorded on 2 July; At sea, North Atlantic.
1941-07-02 — Disembarked with No. 14 General Hospital; Gourock, Scotland, United Kingdom.
1941-07-10 — Landing leave recorded as ending 10 July; effective-date column says 1 July, but actual start is unclear; United Kingdom.
1941-07-11 to 1941-07-16 — Landing leave with travel warrant recorded in duplicate personnel sheets; United Kingdom.
1941-08-01 — Group A trades pay of 75 cents daily effective; laboratory-assistant Class I qualification also recorded as 4 August; United Kingdom.
1941-09-02 — Admitted to No. 14 General Hospital with influenza/grippe; Pinewood, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.
1941-09-06 — Discharged cured to unit; three days light duty and attendance at first sick parade required; nursing note gives 5 September; Pinewood, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.
1941-10-18 — Appointed acting corporal at No. 14 General Hospital; United Kingdom.
1941-11 — Mother’s pay assignment of $26 monthly effective; address recorded in later amended pay sheet; Dalkeith, Ontario.
1941-11-03 to 1941-11-10 — First privilege leave with warrant; United Kingdom.
1941-11-26 — Respiratory illness began; chest X-ray on 28 November showed left-base changes; Farnborough, England, United Kingdom.
1941-12-02 — Admitted to No. 14 General Hospital with influenza and benign pneumonia; Farnborough, England, United Kingdom.
1941-12-11 — Recovered with clear follow-up chest film and discharged to unit; several header sheets give 12 December; Farnborough, England, United Kingdom.
1942-01-18 — Confirmed corporal, No. 14 Canadian General Hospital; another service copy gives 18 April; United Kingdom.
1942-03-19 to 1942-03-26 — Second privilege leave; travel-warrant entries differ; United Kingdom.
1942-04-06 — Routine chest X-ray normal; Farnborough, England, United Kingdom.
1942-05-06 — Admitted with acute follicular tonsillitis; sulphanilamide treatment; Farnborough, England, United Kingdom.
1942-05-11 — Entrance medical record annotated as reclassified A/A1; later reclassification dates differ; United Kingdom.
1942-05-13 — Discharged cured from tonsillitis to unit; progress certification dated 12 May; Farnborough, England, United Kingdom.
1942-05-14 — Personnel interview recorded science and chemistry background, officer-cadet suitability, hobbies and sports; United Kingdom.
1942-06-29 to 1942-07-06 — Privilege leave with free travel warrant; United Kingdom.
1942-07-14 — Dental fillings and extraction upper-right wisdom tooth; United Kingdom.
1942-08-11 — Medical board recommended Category A general service, no treatment beyond glasses; No. 14 Canadian General Hospital, United Kingdom.
1942-08-12 — Ophthalmology report found myopia, 6/24 vision corrected to 6/6; new standards permitted a raised category; Horley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.
1942-08-29 — Completed vision report and Category A recorded; another copy gives 11 September; United Kingdom.
1942-10-09 to 1942-10-15 — Privilege leave; another record gives an ending date of 16 October; United Kingdom.
1942-12-31 — Authorized next-of-kin name and address change after mother’s remarriage to McLeod; Cuthbert wording is a variant; Dalkeith, Ontario.
1943-01-25 to 1943-02-07 — Attended senior laboratory-technicians course at E.M.S. Park Hospital; subsistence allowance authorized; Lewisham, London, England, United Kingdom.
1943-02-26 to 1943-03-06 — Privilege leave and 48-hour pass; United Kingdom.
1943-03-17 — Dental examination and radiographic care; further treatment on 26 March and 28 April; United Kingdom.
1943-03-31 — Certified satisfactory laboratory assistant; Group A/B wording differs between copies; United Kingdom.
1943-05-17 — Upper-right teeth 6 and 7 extracted; postoperative care on 19 and 22 May; further restoration on 17 June; United Kingdom.
1943-05-28 to 1943-06-05 — Privilege leave and 48-hour pass; United Kingdom.
1943-07-27 — Gold inlay for upper-right central incisor authorized at public expense; gold supplied on 3 August; United Kingdom.
1943-08-20 to 1943-08-28 — Privilege leave; another entry begins 18 August; United Kingdom.
1943-09-07 — Posted to No. 1 Research Laboratory, mobilizing at No. 18 Canadian General Hospital; continued No. 14 pay attachment; dental inlay window completed on 7–8 September; Bramshott, England, United Kingdom.
1943-09-08 — Attached for all purposes to No. 14 Canadian General Hospital from No. 1 Research Laboratory; United Kingdom.
1943-09-15 — Appointed acting sergeant in No. 1 Research Laboratory; another copy reads acting lance-sergeant; United Kingdom.
1943-09-16 — Granted 96 hours’ leave; United Kingdom.
1943-10-10 — Ceased all-purposes attachment to No. 14 Canadian General Hospital; another copy dates this 11 October; United Kingdom.
1943-10-11 — Attached to No. 2 Canadian General Hospital for rations, quarters and pay; United Kingdom.
1943-12-03 to 1943-12-11 — Privilege leave with ration allowance; United Kingdom.
1944-01-15 — CVSM with clasp effective date; 17 January is a reporting/effective-date variant; United Kingdom.
1944-01-24 — Confirmed sergeant in No. 1 Research Laboratory; United Kingdom.
1944-02-01 — Dental restoration, prophylaxis and periodontal treatment; unit designation No. 1 C.B.S.C. is uncertain; United Kingdom.
1944-02-18 — Embarked for the Mediterranean; taken on accounting strength there on 19 February; United Kingdom, port not recorded.
1944-03-03 — Disembarked in the Mediterranean theatre; Italy service confirmed, precise port unknown; Italy, port not recorded.
1944-04-10 — Attached to No. 1 British Casualty Clearing Station as laboratory staff; Italy.
1944-05-07 — Attached for all purposes to No. 5 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station; Italy.
1944-05-23 — Ceased No. 5 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station attachment; Italy.
1944-11-03 to 1944-11-11 — Privilege leave; Italy.
1944-11-06 — Dental scaling and prophylaxis at No. 14 Canadian General Hospital; parent unit recorded as No. 1 Mobile Research Laboratory; Italy.
1945-01-22 — Attached for all purposes to No. 14 Canadian General Hospital; another copy reads 2 January; Italy.
1945-02-05 — Dental restoration at No. 14 Canadian General Hospital while with No. 1 Research Laboratory; Italy.
1945-02-20 — Ceased No. 14 hospital attachment; separate United Kingdom embarkation entry for this date was cancelled; Italy.
1945-02-28 — Embarked from Allied Armies in Italy for the United Kingdom; Italy, port not recorded.
1945-03-13 — Disembarked and attached to No. 1 Canadian Reinforcement Depot; United Kingdom, port not recorded.
1945-03-19 — Cessation of research-laboratory attachment recorded at No. 1 Canadian Reinforcement Depot; United Kingdom.
1945-03-20 — Attached for all purposes to No. 24 Canadian General Hospital from No. 1 laboratory; United Kingdom.
1945-03-25 to 1945-04-02 — Privilege leave with ration allowance; United Kingdom.
1945-04-24 — Ceased all-purposes attachment to No. 24 Canadian General Hospital; United Kingdom.
1945-04-25 — Embarked for North-West Europe; United Kingdom, port not recorded.
1945-04-26 — Disembarked in North-West Europe; counselling confirms France, Belgium, Holland and Germany, but no dated itinerary is established; North-West Europe.
1945-04-29 — Attached to No. 3 Canadian General Hospital for rations and quarters; North-West Europe.
1945-06-16 — Embarked from North-West Europe for the United Kingdom; North-West Europe, port not recorded.
1945-06-17 — Disembarked in the United Kingdom from No. 1 Research Laboratory; United Kingdom, port not recorded.
1945-06-24 — Rations-and-quarters attachment recorded, followed by No. 24 hospital entry on 25 June; United Kingdom.
1945-06-25 — Attached to No. 24 Canadian General Hospital; rations, quarters and pay changed to all-purposes attachment; United Kingdom.
1945-07-12 to 1945-09-18 — Faint privilege-leave and ration-allowance entry; starting date uncertain and period overlaps other recorded service; United Kingdom.
1945-07-16 — Awards effective for 1939–45 Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star and Defence Medal; United Kingdom.
1945-07-25 — Ceased attached status at No. 24 hospital and struck off No. 1 Research Laboratory; United Kingdom.
1945-07-26 — Taken on strength of No. 24 Canadian General Hospital as Laboratory Technician A; United Kingdom.
1945-09-06 — Repatriation interview recorded McGill medicine application and planned veterans’ training benefits; No. 24 Canadian General Hospital, United Kingdom.
1945-09-08 — Transferred out of No. 24 Canadian General Hospital to No. 12 Canadian Depot, Military District No. 4; United Kingdom.
1945-09-09 — Taken on strength of No. 12 Canadian Depot, Military District No. 4; United Kingdom.
1945-09-21 — Interview recorded repatriation delay and missed McGill registration deadline of 17 September; special consideration urged; No. 3 Repatriation Depot, United Kingdom.
1945-09-26 — Struck off overseas strength; return to Canada recorded in September; United Kingdom, port not recorded.
1945-09-27 — Canadian service resumed after return; exact landing record not supplied; Canada, port not recorded.
1945-09-28 — Taken on strength of No. 4 District Depot; reporting date 3 October; Montreal South, Quebec.
1945-10-01 — Began McGill pre-medical/medicine course, as recorded in training application; Montreal, Quebec.
1945-10-03 — Reported to No. 4 District Depot; leave and ration allowance recorded to 5 November; Montreal South, Quebec.
1945-10-11 — Release medical-board proceedings initiated under compassionate-release authority; Montreal South, Quebec.
1945-10-12 — Medical board: no complaints, PULHEMS all 1, no treatment recommended; vocational counselling recommended medicine; retirement dental requirements recorded; Montreal South, Quebec.
1945-10-13 — Released as Sergeant on compassionate grounds; Normal discharge, $100 clothing allowance, thirty days’ pay and credited commencement leave; badge No. 423982 received; Montreal South, Quebec.
1945-10-14 — Veterans Affairs pre-medical benefit effective at $60 monthly for thirteen weeks; authorized 26 October following 18 October recommendation; McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
1945-11-15 — Army returned his service will dated 25 September 1940; 47 Sixth Avenue, Ville St. Pierre, Quebec.
1945-12-19 — War-service gratuity statement for $1,097.71; calculation dated 14 December; 47 Sixth Avenue, Ville St. Pierre, Quebec.
1946-06-20 — Civilian dental relief: lower-left second molar restored; further restorations on 27 June and 6 August; Location not recorded.
1949-11-06 — Medal application postmarked; stated he possessed no medals; Room 420, 660 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal, Quebec.
1950-02-09 — Campaign-medal dispatch recorded; first digit of date is somewhat uncertain; Location not recorded.
1950-06-30 — Veterans Affairs training assistance ceased after approved medical training and internship; Montreal, Quebec.
1951-01-30 — Follow-up recorded satisfactory training completion and physician in his own practice; 2581 Jean Talon Street East, Montreal, Quebec.
1998-07-13 — Died according to trusted existing profile; Location not recorded.

Notes

Kenneth Gordon Cameron was born on 23 April 1917 at Ville St. Pierre, Quebec, and lived at 47 Sixth Avenue there before enlistment and after release (Montreal postal district 32). The trusted existing profile records death on 13 July 1998 and identifies him as Dr. Ken G. Cameron. He was single, had no children or common-law wife and reported no dependants at release. His father was deceased by September 1940. His mother Johanna (also Joanna/Johana) Cameron was then a widow whom he supported with $20 monthly; his three brothers also contributed. He was the second of four brothers. After her remarriage, service records named her Johanna McLeod at Box 63, R.R. No. 1, Dalkeith, Ontario.

He completed seven years of public school and four years of high school, matriculating in 1935; Grade 12 is also recorded. He studied physics/science for four years at Sir George Williams College and obtained his B.Sc. in May 1939. English was his home, spoken and written language. Before enlistment he worked about fifteen months as an apprentice mechanical draughtsman with Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd., a steel-construction company at Lachine, Quebec. The apprenticeship was incomplete. He was saving to study medicine and did not wish to return to that job. Recorded wages differ between $20 and $30 weekly. An assessment also records driving and mixed-farming experience in Glengarry County, Ontario, although his occupational history says he did not consider himself competent to operate a farm or wish to farm after the war. He was interested in mechanics and chemistry, possibly airplanes; played softball at third base and soccer at centre forward. His personnel assessment rated him cooperative, highly intelligent, ambitious, with good appearance and disposition, and suitable for officer-cadet training, without evidence of commissioning. Earlier interest in research chemistry evolved into a firm medical-career plan.

At enlistment he was 5 feet 9 inches, 137 pounds, with fair complexion and hair, blue eyes, good development and a vaccination scar on the left arm. Chest at full expansion was 36 inches, with expansion recorded as apparently 4½ inches. He wore glasses: entrance acuity 20/70 uncorrected and 20/20 corrected; hearing conversational voice at 20 feet. Left hallux valgus caused no complaint. Medical Category B1 was due to defective vision. August 1942 assessment found myopia, 6/24 corrected to 6/6 in each eye, no occupational restriction and no treatment needed beyond glasses; new vision standards permitted Category A. Later weight was 155 pounds (one assessment height 5 feet 9½ inches), and release weight 146 pounds, with 145 in training paperwork. He received vaccination, T.A.B. and tetanus inoculations in 1940.

Hospital treatment comprised influenza/grippe at Pinewood in September 1941, influenza with benign pneumonia at Farnborough in December 1941 and acute follicular tonsillitis in May 1942. He recovered and returned to duty; tonsillitis was treated with sulphanilamide. December respiratory treatment included pectoral mixture, analgesic tablets, ephedrine nose drops and codeine linctus; follow-up chest films cleared. An April 1942 chest film was normal. A December specialist history records five cigarettes daily and an appendectomy in 1931, conflicting with repeated declarations of no operations. At the October 1945 release board he reported no complaints; chest film and urine were negative, PULHEMS all 1, no treatment recommended. Corrected vision was 20/20; ametropia and onychogryphosis of the right great toenail were noted. He was fit at release.

Dental care included July 1942 amalgam fillings and extraction of the upper-right wisdom tooth; spring 1943 examinations, extractions of upper-right teeth 6 and 7 in May and subsequent care; a gold inlay for the upper-right central incisor authorized July 1943, with a synthetic labial window completed in September; February 1944 restorations and periodontal/prophylactic care; November 1944 scaling and February 1945 restoration. Retirement dental assessment recommended two amalgams and prophylaxis. Civilian dental relief in June–August 1946 provided restorations of the lower-left molars, upper-right central incisor and upper-right second bicuspid, with satisfactory treatment acknowledged. Exact disputed chart notation is retained in the evidence.

After release he pursued medicine at McGill University in Montreal. His return was administratively delayed despite an intended registration before 17 September 1945. He attended pre-medical refresher training from October 1945; Veterans Affairs approved thirteen weeks of Benefit No. 5 at $60 monthly effective 14 October. Training later comprised about 2½ months of refresher work, 34 months recorded as Med. IV at McGill, and a twelve-month internship at Montreal General Hospital, about 48½ months with allowances. Assistance ceased on 30 June 1950. A 30 January 1951 follow-up recorded satisfactory completion and his own medical practice in Montreal, with good prospects and rehabilitation achieved. His later address was 2581 Jean Talon Street East, Montreal, Quebec; the medal application gave Room 420, 660 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal, Quebec.

He held Metropolitan Life and Sun Life insurance. Sun Life received a $4 monthly pay assignment from November 1940; his mother's allotment was $26 from November 1941. At release no dependants' allowance or unrecovered overpayment remained. His war-service gratuity was $1,097.71, recorded as nine monthly instalments of $121.96: $457.50 total-service component, $389.75 overseas and $250.46 supplement, based on 1,845 qualifying days (286 Western Hemisphere, 1,559 overseas). Daily release rates were $2.20 pay, $1.25 subsistence and $0.75 additional pay, total $4.20, with a $126 monthly ceiling. He received $100 clothing allowance, thirty days' pay and credited commencement leave. His 25 September 1940 will was returned on 15 November 1945.

Respirator glasses were ordered through Central Optical Co. Ltd., 1449 St. Alexander Street, Montreal, Quebec (date not given). The September 1943 pay sheet records corporal Group A pay of $2.45 daily and acting-sergeant Group A pay of $2.95, with pay effective 1 September although the appointment is recorded as 15 September. A personnel test recorded 188, Grade A. Training follow-up recorded pension nil. His military work and later medical training are distinct from a wartime commissioned medical appointment.

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Additional Service Notes

No prior military service was declared. Attested at Westmount, Quebec, on 25 September 1940 as Private D-95879, No. 14 General Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Canadian Active Service Force. Posted for duty to District Medical Stores from 16 December 1940; the February 1941 cessation entry is cancelled in one service record. A Toronto Military Hospital laboratory course and temporary attachment were requested on 27 February 1941, but actual attendance is not established. Served as a laboratory technician/assistant, Group A trades pay from August 1941. Embarked at Halifax on 20 June 1941, overseas accounting from 21 June and disembarked at Gourock on 2 July; landing leave recorded in July. Appointed acting corporal 18 October 1941 and confirmed corporal 18 January 1942 in corroborating personnel records, with an April variant in another copy. Routine privilege leaves and three respiratory/tonsillitis hospital admissions are separately recorded in the chronology.

Attended a senior laboratory-technicians' course at E.M.S. Park Hospital, Lewisham, London, 25 January–7 February 1943. No. 10 Canadian General Hospital appears in shared administrative correspondence for another attendee and does not establish Cameron's posting there. Certified satisfactory laboratory assistant on 31 March 1943. Posted from No. 14 Canadian General Hospital to No. 1 Research Laboratory on 7 September 1943; the laboratory mobilized at Bramshott. Continued attachments to No. 14 and, from 11 October, No. 2 Canadian General Hospital for rations, quarters and pay. Appointed acting sergeant 15 September 1943 (acting lance-sergeant in a variant copy) and confirmed sergeant 24 January 1944.

Embarked from the United Kingdom 18 February 1944, taken on Mediterranean strength 19 February and disembarked 3 March. Served with No. 1 Research Laboratory in Italy; attached to No. 1 British Casualty Clearing Station from 10 April and No. 5 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station from 7–23 May 1944. These are staff/service attachments, not proven patient admissions. Attached to No. 14 Canadian General Hospital in January–20 February 1945. Left Italy 28 February and disembarked in the United Kingdom 13 March; attached to No. 1 Canadian Reinforcement Depot and No. 24 Canadian General Hospital, the latter from 20 March to 24 April. Embarked for North-West Europe 25 April, disembarked 26 April and attached to No. 3 Canadian General Hospital for rations and quarters from 29 April. Discharge counselling confirms service in Italy, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany; no dated city itinerary is established for the continental period.

Embarked from North-West Europe 16 June 1945 and returned to the United Kingdom 17 June. Attached to No. 24 Canadian General Hospital for rations, quarters and pay, changing to all purposes from 25 June. Struck off No. 1 Research Laboratory 25 July and taken on No. 24 Canadian General Hospital 26 July as Laboratory Technician A. This last non-discharge hospital unit, at sergeant rank, supplies the default service-rank row. Transferred out 8 September to No. 12 Canadian Depot, Military District 4, taken on strength 9 September. Interviewed at No. 3 Repatriation Depot 21 September. Overseas service ended 26 September; Canadian service resumed 27 September and No. 4 District Depot at Montreal South recorded intake 28 September, reporting 3 October. Granted leave/ration allowance to 5 November. Released at Montreal South on 13 October 1945 to return to civil life on compassionate grounds under R.O./CARO 1029 paragraph 5(a), not medical discharge. No court-martial, wound, POW history or postwar military enlistment is established.

Qualification certificate at release equated approximately 28 months as Laboratory Assistant (Medical) with civilian Senior Laboratory Technician in a hospital or public-health laboratory. Other papers count 61 months in the service trade and fourteen months in the theatre of operations. Campaign awards explicitly listed are the 1939–45 Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with clasp; War Service Badge GSC No. 423982 was acknowledged 13 October 1945. Four stars/Defence Medal entries are effective 16 July 1945; CVSM/clasp effective 15 January 1944 in a detailed record, with a 17 January variant. Medal application postmarked 6 November 1949 said he held no medals; dispatch is recorded as apparently 9 February 1950. No additional War Medal award is inferred merely from eligibility.

Additional Next of Kin Notes

Single; no children or maintained common-law wife. Father deceased by 25 September 1940; name not recorded. Mother Johanna/Joanna Cameron at 47 Sixth Avenue, Ville St. Pierre, Quebec, was partially supported by Kenneth ($20 monthly before enlistment) and three other sons. Kenneth was second of four brothers. After remarriage, records name mother Johanna McLeod, Box 63, R.R. No. 1, Dalkeith, Ontario; authorized name/address change 31 December 1942. Alternative Cuthbert/Valletta entry preserved in research. Military pay assignment to mother $26 monthly from November 1941. No dependants' allowance in payment or unrecovered overpayment at release.

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